Chaucer

Here I describe why Geoffrey Chaucer is my favorite poet. I also analyze one of his short humorous poems.

There exist two dominant theories regarding the narrator from Geoffrey Chaucer's "Book of the Duchess." In this essay, utilizing multiple sources and of course the text itself, I take a stand for what I believe was Chaucer's true intention.

Although the speaker in "Troilus" seems to be more developed than his predecessors in poems such as "Book of the Duchess" or "The House of Fame," he still shares many characteristics with them. [includes citations for 9 sources]

The greatest poet of the English Middle Ages was Geoffrey Chaucer who lived in the second half of the 14th century.

Using accounts of relational perversion that the Wife of Bath and Clerk present in The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer argues that successful marriages create an environment where men and women experience harmony.

Wielded through the manipulation of language and speech, the power to give meaning to words dictates the role of authoritative influence in the corruption of the ecclesial ministry and the rise of vernacular English in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

The Marriage group within the Canterbury Tales includes tales about the conflict between men and women in marriage and how this is, or is not resolved.

An essay analyzing two stories by Chaucer.

This essay analyzes the use of power in "The Wife of Bath."

This is an essay on the descriptions that are in the "Miller's Tale."

In Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, The Canterbury Tales, and The Parliament of Fowls, the heterosexual relationship is necessary in establishing masculinity.

The writer and poet Geoffrey Chaucer was also a leading diplomatic figure at the time of Richard II and Henry IV.

Does Chaucer's Wife of Bath challenge contemporary views on gender roles and sexual stereotypes? How does May in The Merchant's Tale show Chaucer's approach to gender?

How to appreciate Chaucer's works by looking at the historical, social and literary contexts in The Canterbury Tales and the motivation behind his narrative poetry.

This article compares and contrasts the parson and the friar in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

A look at what Geoffrey Chaucer's work could be molded into to suit the present day.

A look at a children's translation of Chaucer's 'The Prioress's Tale' and why it should have remained for adults.

Though few authors in Arthurian Romance spent time developing female characters, not all pieces were so deprived. Geoffrey Chaucer, in Troilus and Criseyde, presents a strong, independent, and self-interested heroine that is long before his time.

A comparison between the movie, "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "Canterbury Tales"

The Canterbury Tales, written centuries ago, is still applicable to society, evidenced by regular reference in popular culture. Current movies, like A Knight's Tale starring Heath Ledger, included references to this classic British literature.

This article thoroughly analyzed the role of fantasy in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale" from "The Canterbury Tales."

Looking at Chaucer's Canterbury Tales as a product of its time.

A look at Chaucer's Pardoner's Tale through queer and ethical theory.

Chaucer has been called the father of the English language. Learn a little more about who he was and why his writing is important.

This paper seeks to understand Geoffrey Chaucer's criticisms of the church and its officials, how they were developed and what he hoped to accomplish through their inclusion in the tales.

In Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the first two tales told, The Knight's Tale and The Miller's Tale, are both about courtly love; however, The Miller's Tale is a parodic response to The Knights Tale. As a fabliau, The Miller's Tale deals with two motifs.

A brief look at the metrical qualities of Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas in the Canterbury Tales.

This is a piece written for a Chaucer course designed to explain the device of flatulence used by Geoffrey Chaucer in the Canterbury Tales.

This research paper examines the relationship between current theories in psychoanalysis and the themes in Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde."

A study in the modes of reading and misreading texts in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, with a focus on how different pilgrims exemplify different exegetical practices.

An in-depth analysis of the Prioress in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.

Most believe that the Franklin's Tale is Chaucer's answer to the question of how to have an ideal marriage , but with closer inspection, it can be seen that Chaucer may be doing the opposite; he is refuting the idea that a perfect marriage can actually exist.