5 Questions
What is Geoffrey Chaucer best known for?
Writing The Canterbury Tales
Where was Geoffrey Chaucer buried?
Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey
What did Chaucer compose for his son Lewis?
A Treatise on the Astrolabe
How is Chaucer seen in relation to the literary use of Middle English?
Crucial in legitimising it
What did Thomas Hoccleve call Geoffrey Chaucer?
'the firste fyndere of our fair langage'
Study Notes
Geoffrey Chaucer
- Best known for being the Father of English literature and the first writer to use English as a literary language
- Buried in Westminster Abbey in London
Works and Influence
- Composed the "Treatise on the Astrolabe" for his son Lewis, a manual explaining the use of the astronomical instrument
Recognition
- Considered the first major English writer to use Middle English, which helped establish it as a literary language
- Thomas Hoccleve referred to Chaucer as the "first finder of our fair language"
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