Chaucer His Life, His Works, His World

Revered for centuries as the father of English poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer was also a central man of his age--a courtier, soldier, diplomat, public official, a man of action, and a man of the world. In this award-winning biography, Donald R. Howard recreates the public, private, and poetic life of this extraordinary man.

Donald R. Howard's distinguished academic career began with a teaching post at Ohio State University. He was professor of English at The Johns Hopkins University and also at Stanford University, where he was named Olive H. Palmer Professor of Humanities. Donald Howard died in March 1987.

Maps	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Preliminary Notes	p. xix
Into the King's Service (1342-1372)
Memories	p. 3
A Young Man's World	p. 41
The Best of Times--the 1360s	p. 79
The Wheel Turns	p. 109
The Ear Within	p. 132
To Italy (1372-1380)
Florence, 1373	p. 169
To the Gatehouse	p. 200
The House of Fame	p. 232
Reading Boccaccio	p. 260
Boccaccio and the Birth of Fiction	p. 283
Into Our Time (1380-1400)
Chaucer at Forty	p. 307
Troilus and Criseyde	p. 345
The Worst of Times--the 1380s	p. 378
The Canterbury Tales--the Plan Takes Shape	p. 401
The Canterbury Tales--Making a World of Story	p. 428
A New Age--the 1390s	p. 450
The End of the Pilgrimage	p. 481
Chronology, Appendices, Reference Notes, and References
Chronology	p. 505
On Chaucer's Language	p. 513
Further Reading	p. 517
The Order of The Canterbury Tales	p. 522
Chaucer's Reputation	p. 524
Reference Notes	p. 527
References	p. 537
Index	p. 619
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