A groundbreaking biography that recreates the cosmopolitan world in
which a wine merchant's son became one of the most celebrated of
all English poets More than any other canonical English writer,
Geoffrey Chaucer lived and worked at the centre of political
life-yet his poems are anything but conventional. Edgy,
complicated, and often dark, they reflect a conflicted world, and
their astonishing diversity and innovative language earned Chaucer
renown as the father of English literature. Marion Turner, however,
reveals him as a great European writer and thinker. To understand
his accomplishment, she reconstructs in unprecedented detail the
cosmopolitan world of Chaucer's adventurous life, focusing on the
places and spaces that fired his imagination. Uncovering important
new information about Chaucer's travels, private life, and the
early circulation of his writings, this innovative biography
documents a series of vivid episodes, moving from the commercial
wharves of London to the frescoed chapels of Florence and the
kingdom of Navarre, where Christians, Muslims, and Jews lived side
by side. The narrative recounts Chaucer's experiences as a prisoner
of war in France, as a father visiting his daughter's nunnery, as a
member of a chaotic Parliament, and as a diplomat in Milan, where
he encountered the writings of Dante and Boccaccio. At the same
time, the book offers a comprehensive exploration of Chaucer's
writings, taking the reader to the Troy of Troilus and Criseyde,
the gardens of the dream visions, and the peripheries and
thresholds of The Canterbury Tales. By exploring the places Chaucer
visited, the buildings he inhabited, the books he read, and the art
and objects he saw, this landmark biography tells the extraordinary
story of how a wine merchant's son became the poet of The
Canterbury Tales.
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