A portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 – 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered to be the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. Among his many works are The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde, but he is best known for The Canterbury Tales. His work was crucial in legitimizing the literary use of the Middle English vernacular at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin. The first poet to be buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey, he also achieved fame as an author,
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A portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 – 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered to be the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. Among his many works are The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde, but he is best known for The Canterbury Tales. His work was crucial in legitimizing the literary use of the Middle English vernacular at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin. The first poet to be buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey, he also achieved fame as an author, philosopher, and astronomer.