A Complete Course in the Study of English - Softcover

Chaucer, Geoffrey; Effingham Maynard And Co., .

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1140522418 ISBN 13: 9781140522416

Publisher: BiblioBazaar, 2010

Synopsis

This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR?d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

About this title

About the Author

Often referred to as the father of English poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer was a fourteenth-century philosopher, alchemist, astrologer, bureaucrat, diplomat, and author of many significant poems. Chaucer s writing was influential in English literary tradition, as it introduced new rhyming schemes and helped develop the vernacular traditionthe use of everyday Englishrather than the literary French and Latin, which were common in written works of the time. Chaucer s best-knownand most imitatedworks include The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, The Book of the Duchess, and The House of Fame.

Edition details

• Publisher: BiblioBazaar
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1140522418
• ISBN 13: 9781140522416
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 120