Chaucer

by Catherine Richardson

Published 30 November 2001
Chaucer - A Beginner's Guide introduces you to the life and works of this eminent and prolific writer. By exploring some of his major works the writer shows the relevance of Chaucer today and helps you to develop your own responses to the poetry.

Catherine Richardson's informative text includes the exploration of:

how to read the poems in the form in which Chaucer wrote them.

why Chaucer was so important to the development of English poetry

Chaucer's poetry of warfare and chivalry

How the critics of Chaucer can help us to understand his work.