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1、w页码，1/14(W)GeoffreyChaucerFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaGeoffreyChaucerGeoffreyChaucer(pronounced/ˈtʃɔːsər/;c.1343–25October1400)wasanEnglishauthor,poet,philosopher,bureaucrat,courtieranddiplomat.Althoughhewrotemanyworks,heisbestrememberedforhisunfinishedframenarrativeTheCante
2、rburyTales.SometimescalledthefatherofEnglishliterature,ChauceriscreditedbysomescholarsasthefirstauthortodemonstratetheartisticlegitimacyofthevernacularEnglishlanguage,ratherthanFrenchorLatin.Contents¢1Life¢2Works¢3Influence¢3.1Linguistic¢3.2LiteraryPortraitofChaucerfromthe17thcen
3、tury.¢3.3EnglishBornc.1343Died25October1400(aged56-57)¢4Criticalreception¢4.1EarlycriticismOccupationAuthor,poet,philosopher,bureaucrat,diplomat¢4.2Manuscriptsandaudience¢4.3PrintededitionsInfluences¢4.4ModernscholarshipOvid,GiovanniBoccaccio¢5Popularculture¢6Works¢6.1Majorworks¢
4、6.2Shortpoems¢6.3Poemsofdubiousauthorship¢6.4Presumedlylostworks¢6.5Spuriousworks¢6.6Derivedworks¢7Seealso¢8Notes¢9References¢10ExternallinksLifeChaucerwasborncirca1343inLondon,thoughtheexactdateandlocationofhisbirtharenotknown.HisfatherandgrandfatherwerebothLondonvintnersandbefo
5、rethat,forseveralgenerations,thefamilymembersweremerchantsinIpswich.HisnameisderivedfromtheFrenchchausseur,meaningshoemaker.[1]In1324JohnChaucer,Geoffrey'sfather,waskidnappedbyanauntinthehopeofmarryingthetwelve-year-oldboytoherdaughterinanattempttokeeppropertyinIpswich.Theauntwas
6、imprisonedandthe£250fineleviedsuggeststhatthefamilywasfinanciallysecure,uppermiddle-class,ifnotintheelite.[2]JohnmarriedAgnesCopton,who,in1349,inheritedpropertiesincludingfile://E:5GRE,TOEFLBackgroundREADINGGeoffreyChaucer-Wikipedia,thefr...2010-11-01w页码，2/14(W)24shopsinLondo
7、nfromheruncle,HamodeCopton,whoisdescribedasthe"moneyer"attheTowerofLondon.TherearefewdetailsofChaucer'searlylifeandeducationbutcomparedwithnearcontemporarypoets,WilliamLanglandandthePearlPoet,hislifeiswelldocumented,withnearlyfivehundredwrittenitemstestifyingtohiscareer.Thefirstt
8、imeheismentionedisin1357,inthehouseholda
