The Personality of Chaucer

Delve into the genius of the first great English writer.

This book is part of a trilogy devoted to the foremost among the older English poets: Milton, Shakespeare, and here, Chaucer.

What we know about Chaucer’s personal life is still relatively vague.

Wagenknecht assumes the difficult, but always fascinating, task of re-creating a figure dead for many centuries and revealed only by his literary works.

Creating a vivid portrait of Chaucer’s character and personality, Wagenknecht discusses Chaucer’s views, temperament, attitudes, and faith.

Praise for Edward Wagenknecht

'Anecdotal, interesting and entertaining' - The Milton Quarterly

'A valuable work.' - Publishers Weekly

Edward Wagenknecht (1900-2004) was a prolific writer of books about literary and other celebrated figures of British and American culture. His subjects included Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Marilyn Monroe and John Milton.

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