Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400)
- Author / Editor
- Helterman, Jeffrey.
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