Chaucer's Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury.

Description: Biography of Chaucer that centers on the events of 1386 when he left London for residence in Kent and, by "virtue of necessity," imagined a new audience for his poetry--the embedded audience of CT, depicted in GP. Explores social, civic, and political details of Chaucer's world and their relations with aspects of his literature; describes the late medieval conditions of literary production and Chaucer's development as the "founder of English letters." Includes discursive notes and an index. Also published under the title "The Poet's Tale: Chaucer and the Year that Made the 'Canterbury Tales'" (London: Profile, 2014).

Alternative Title: The Poet's Tale: Chaucer and the Year that Made the "Canterbury Tales."

Chaucer Subjects: Chaucer's Life; Canterbury Tales--General; General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales