Geoffrey Chaucer

So many questions surround the key figures in the English literary canon, but most books focus on one aspect of an author''s life or work, or limit themselves to a single critical approach. Geoffrey Chaucer offers: *basic information on an author''s life, contexts and works *the major critical issues surrounding the author''s works, from the time they were written to the present *explanations of the full range of different critical views and interpretations * guides to further reading in each area.