An Introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer ISBN: 9780813048352 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Florida Digital rights:Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Chaucer Geoffrey d. 1400 -- Criticism and interpretation;
Geoffrey Chaucer is widely considered the father of English literature. This introduction begins with a review of his life and the cultural milieu of fourteenth-century England and then expands into analyses of such major works as The Parliament of Fowls, Troilus and Criseyde, and, of course, the Canterbury Tales, examining them alongside a selection of lesser known verses.