Geoffrey Chaucer.

Author / Editor
Nelles, William, and Evelyn Newlyn.

Title
Geoffrey Chaucer.

Published
Charles E. May, ed. Critical Survey of Short Fiction. 2nd rev. ed. Vol. 2, Italo Calvino--Louise Erdrich (Pasadena, Calif.: Salem, 2001), pp. 518-31.

Description
Introduces Chaucer's life and works, emphasizing the "scope and diversity" of his poetry. Describes each of his major works, and anatomizes CT as "one of the earliest collections of short stories of almost every conceivable type," describing the genres of KnT, MilT, RvT, PrT, PrT and NPT, WBT, ClT, MerT, and FranT. Includes a brief bibliography.

Contributor
Charles E. May, ed.

Alternative Title
Critical Survey of Short Fiction.

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