30 Great Myths about Chaucer
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Stephanie Trigg. 30 Great Myths about Chaucer
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30 GREAT MYTHS ABOUT CHAUCER
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION: MYTHICAL CHAUCER
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Myth 1. CHAUCER IS THE FATHER OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
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Myth 2. CHAUCER WAS THE FIRST ENGLISH POET
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Myth 3. CHAUCER SUFFERED AN UNREQUITED LOVE
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Myth 4. CHAUCER’S MARRIAGE WAS UNHAPPY
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Myth 5. CHAUCER’S SON THOMAS WAS JOHN OF GAUNT’S BASTARD
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Myth 6. CHAUCER’S LANGUAGE IS TOO DIFFICULT FOR MODERN READERS
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Myth 7. THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS REPRESENT ALL SOCIAL CLASSES AND CHARACTER TYPES
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Myth 8. THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS ARE BASED ON REAL PEOPLE
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Myth 9. THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS FORM A “MERRY COMPANY”
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Myth 10. CHAUCER WAS A FEMINIST
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Myth 11. CHAUCER WAS GUILTY OF RAPE
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Myth 12. CHAUCER HAD A FALLING OUT WITH HIS BEST FRIEND
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Myth 13. CHAUCER LIVED IN THE MIDDLE AGES
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Myth 14. CHAUCER WAS A PROTO‐PROTESTANT
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Myth 15. CHAUCER WAS ANTI‐SEMITIC
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Myth 16. CHAUCER WAS A SPY
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Myth 17. CHAUCER WAS A CROOK
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Myth 18. CHAUCER WAS A POLITICAL OPPORTUNIST
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Myth 19. THE WIFE OF BATH MURDERED HER HUSBAND
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Myth 20. CHAUCER “OUTS” THE PARDONER
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Myth 21. CHAUCER NEVER FINISHED THE CANTERBURY TALES
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Myth 22. CHAUCER IS OBSCENE
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Myth 23. CHAUCER WAS SKEPTICAL OF CHIVALRY
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Myth 24. CHAUCER DESCRIBED HIMSELF IN HIS WORKS
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Myth 25. CHAUCER WROTE THE FIRST NOVEL IN ENGLISH
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Myth 26. CHAUCER WAS IN DANGER OF BEING THROWN IN DEBTOR’S PRISON
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Myth 27. CHAUCER RENOUNCED HIS WORKS ON HIS DEATHBED
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Myth 28. CHAUCER IS BURIED IN HIS OWN TOMB
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Myth 29. CHAUCER WAS THE FIRST POET LAUREATE
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Myth 30. CONTEMPORARY LITERARY THEORY IS IRRELEVANT TO CHAUCER
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CODA
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FURTHER READING. Chaucer’s Works
Backgrounds and Contexts
Further Criticism
Other Resources
WORKS CITED. Chaucer Editions (All Works by Chaucer, Listed by Editor)
Manuscripts
Other Primary Texts
Secondary Texts
Index
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