They referred to Chaucer as the father of English poetry.
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Chaucer
/ˈt͡ʃɔsɚ/
Synonyms for "chaucer" (8 found)
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6 entriesCanterbury Tales authorChaucerian criticismChaucerian studiesfamily namelast namemedieval poet
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5 entriesChaucer biographyChaucer criticismChaucer manuscriptsChaucer scholarshipGeoffrey Chaucer
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Chaucer and Boccaccio are two writers.
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Chaucer and Boccaccio are two writers. The first one is English, the second one Italian.
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After all, the English hostel owes much of its charms to Chaucer; our associations are of his haunting pictures—his delicate Lady Prioress, his comely young squire, with their pleasant interchange of tale and legend, rise upon the mind's eye in all the fascination of his vivid delineations.
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