Canterbury Tales
Date Submitted: 04/16/2004 18:49:46
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 5 pages (1359 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 5 pages (1359 words)
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… him as his master; many of the plays of William Shakespeare
show thorough assimilation of Chaucer's comic spirit. John Dryden, who
modernized several of the Canterbury tales, called Chaucer the father of English
poetry. Since the founding of the Chaucer Society in England in 1868, which led
to the first reliable editions of his works, Chaucer's reputation has been securely
established as the English poet best loved after Shakespeare for his wisdom,
humor, and humanity.
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