The Physician's Tale
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 00:41:02
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 2 pages (685 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 2 pages (685 words)
The author of The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer, was thought to be born in 1343. His father was a merchant and Chaucer had many occupations such as a soldier and a diplomat. His true calling though was as an author. During his services as an English soldier he was captured and held for a ransom of sixteen pounds. A few years later he married one of the queens servants named Philippa Pan. Chaucer did not write …
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…in himself.(Wolff)
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Works Cited
Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue." Trans. Nevill Coghill. Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes. New Jersey: Upper Saddle River, 2000. 99-101.
Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes. New Jersey: Upper Saddle River, 2000.
Wolff, Rachel."PinkMonkey.com MonkeyNotes for The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer." PinkMonkey.com. Pink Monkey Notes. 15 November 2004 < http://pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmCanterbury67.asp>.
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