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    East Midland "King's English" John Gower Speculum Meditantis Miroir de L' Homme Vox Clamantis Confessio Amantis (1383)

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    This document provides an overview of Geoffrey Chaucer's works including summaries of some of his most famous tales from The Canterbury Tales such as The Knight's Tale, The Miller's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Tale, and The Pardoner's Tale. It also discusses Chaucer's influences, poetic style, and divisions of his works into a French Period, Italian Period, and English Period where he wrote The Canterbury Tales.

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    This document provides an overview of Geoffrey Chaucer's works including summaries of some of his most famous tales from The Canterbury Tales such as The Knight's Tale, The Miller's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Tale, and The Pardoner's Tale. It also discusses Chaucer's influences, poetic style, and divisions of his works into a French Period, Italian Period, and English Period where he wrote The Canterbury Tales.

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    This document provides an overview of Geoffrey Chaucer's works including summaries of some of his most famous tales from The Canterbury Tales such as The Knight's Tale, The Miller's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Tale, and The Pardoner's Tale. It also discusses Chaucer's influences, poetic style, and divisions of his works into a French Period, Italian Period, and English Period where he wrote The Canterbury Tales.

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    East Midland "King's English" John Gower Speculum Meditantis Miroir de L' Homme Vox Clamantis Confessio Amantis (1383)

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    East Midland “King’s English”

    John Gower
    Speculum Meditantis
    Miroir de l’ Homme

    Vox Clamantis

    Confessio Amantis (1383)


    Geoffrey Chaucer(1340-1400)
    His Life
    Sources of Inspiration
    Poetic Beauty-
    Chaucerian Stanza
    Light
    Pitch
    Restraint
    Garrulousness
    Chaucer’s Works
    The French Period (1360-1372)
    The Romance of the Rose
    The Book of Duchess (1369)
    Death of Blanche
    The Complaint Unto Pity (1369)
    The A.B.C.
    The Italian Period (1372-1384)
    Troilus and Creseyde (1380-1383)
    Filostrato..Boccaccio
    The Story of Griselda Dante
    The Clerk’s Tale Petrarch
    The Man of Law’s Tale Boccaccio
    Parliament of Fowls
    Richard II and Anne of Bohemia
    The House of Fame
    The Legend of Good Women
    The English Period (1384-1392)
    The Canterbury Tales (1385-1390)
    A Ploughman
    The Knight
    A Miller
    The Squire
    A Reeve
    The Yeoman
    A Franklin
    The The Doctor of Physic
    Maunciple Man of Law
    The Cook Clerk of Oxford
    The Host of The Poet
    Tabard
    Wife of Bath
    Haberdasher Parson
    The Carpenter Summoner
    The Weaver Canon
    Dyer Monk
    The Tapicer Prioress
    Nun
    A Merchant Friar
    A Shipman Pardoner
    The Knight's Tale The Cook's Tale
    Palamon ..unfinished
    Arcite The Man of Law's Tale
    Emily Constance
    The Miller's tale Sultan
    John Alla
    Alison The Reeve's Tale
    Nicholas Miller
    Absalon Wife
    The Wife of Bath's Tale daughter
    Knight John
    Old Woman Allan
    The Friar's Tale The Merchant's Tale
    Archbishop January
    Summoner May
    Yeoman (devil) Damian
    Pluto
    The Summoner Tale
    Prosepina
    Friar
    The Squires tale
    Sir Thomas
    Cambuskan
    Lady Thomas
    Canace
    The Clerk's Tale The Franklin's Tale
    Walter Arveragus
    Griselda Dorigen
    The Physcian's Tale
    Virginius
    Virginia The Prioress' Tale
    Apius (Boy)Hugh of Lincoln
    Chaucer's Tale
    Claudius Sir Topas
    The Pardoner’s Tale
    Melibee
    Three Friends
    Prudence
    Old Man
    Sophia
    Radix malorum est cupidatis
    The Shipman's Tale
    Merchant The Monk's Tale
    Wife Fickle Fortune
    Sir John
    The Nun's Priest's Tale
    Chaunticleer
    Lady Pertelote
    Don Russel
    The Second Nun's Tale
    Cecilia The Manciple's Tale
    Valerian Phoebus
    Pope Urban white crow
    The Canon's Yeoman's Tale
    Canon
    Priest The Parson's Tale
    sermon

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