Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400)

Author / Editor
Helterman, Jeffrey.

Title
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400)

Published
Jeffrey Helterman and Jerome Mitchell, eds. Old and Middle English Literature. Dictionary of Literary Biography, no. 146 (Detroit: Gale Research, 1994), pp. 127-44.

Series
Dictionary of Literary Biography, no. 146.

Description
Summary description of Chaucer's life and each of his major works, with a bibliography and a chronology of the works accompanied by manuscript and publication information. Treats CT most extensively, focusing on the "quiting principle" of the tales' interactions and their performative effects.
First published in the Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, Volume One (Detroit: Gale, 1991), pp. 57-77.

Contributor
Mitchell, Jerome, ed.

Alternative Title
Old and Middle English Literature.
Concise Dictionary of Britihs Literary Biography, Volume One.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Chaucer's Life
Canterbury Tales--General