Chaucers Tale

A lively microbiography of Chaucer that tells the story of the tumultuous year that led to the creation of The Canterbury Tales In 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer endured his worst year, but began his best poem The father of English literature did not enjoy in his lifetime the literary celebrity that he has today far from it The middle aged Chaucer was living in London, working as a midlevel bureaucrat and sometime poet, until a personal and professional crisis set him down the road leading to The Canterbury Tales. In the politically and economically fraught London of the late fourteenth century, Chaucer was swept up against his will in a series of disastrous events that would ultimately leave him jobless, homeless, separated from his wife, exiled from his city, and isolated in the countryside of Kent with no audience to hear the poetry he labored over At the loneliest time of his life, Chaucer made the revolutionary decision to keep writing, and to write for a national audience, for posterity, and for fame Brought expertly to life by Paul Strohm, this is the eye opening story of the birth one of the most celebrated literary creations of the English language. Free Download Chaucers Tale by Paul Strohm For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Ok, writers, so you think too many things are getting in the way of your writing Take it from Chaucer nothing is so bad that you can t write Because his wife was a special friend to the king, Chaucer was given a free apartment It was over a gate, tiny, had arrow slots for windows and sometimes the military stashed weapons or even soldiers in his house An open sewer ran beside it and criminals heads were mounted on pikes beside his room Plus, he had to go to work everyday making sure woo Ok, writers, so you think too many things are getting in the way of your writing Take it from Chaucer nothing is so bad that you can t write Because his wife was a special friend to the king, Chaucer was given a free apartment It was over a gate, tiny, had arrow slots for windows and sometimes the military stashed weapons or even soldiers in his house An open sewer ran beside it and criminals heads were mounte...Ever since I first read The Knight s Tale in high school, I have been enthralled with the work of Geoffrey Chaucer I hoped that reading a microbiography of him would provide me with insight into his life, work, and history Instead, Chaucer s Tale was boring, disappointing, and overloaded with unnecessary details Why call your book a microbiography of a seminal year in an author s life if you re going to devote an entire chapter to centuries of history of the wool trade business, or to the Ever since I first read The Knight s Tale in high school, I have been enthralled with the work of Geoffrey Chaucer I hoped that reading a microbiography of him would provide me with insight into his life, work, and history Instead, Chauce...One year changed the life of Chaucer The year when he lost basically everything is when he turned to what he had left, his writing This year would lead to his writing Canterbury tales Loved the first part of the book, it wasn t just centered on Chaucer but also on John the Gault, his scandalous life and mistress of many years, and the political and personal maneuverings of the time The second part of the book dragged a bit, but all in all it was...Paul Strohm is a fine historian and Medieval scholar with a wealth of information on Geoffrey Chaucer I very much wanted to read this book via NetGalley and only received it yesterday with an archive date of today, so I rushed through the reading.I very much enjoyed the first half of the book but the rest sort of lagged a bit Was that the result of Chaucer s life and how it played out perhaps, or was it the writing I must explore and add to what I do already know and what might be fanciful.It Paul Strohm is a fine historian and Medieval scholar with a wealth of information on Geoffrey Chaucer I very much wanted to read this book via NetGalley and only received it yesterday with an archive date of today, so I rushed through the reading.I very much enjoyed the first half of the book but the rest sort of lagged a bit Was that the result of Chaucer s life and how it played out perhaps, or was it the...I won a copy of this through Goodreads First Reads program The second subtitle to the book refers to it as a microbiography and I think this is apt If you want the whole story of Chaucer this isn t your book lots of time is lobbed off, but if you want a good sense of the man and a small slice of his life that helped shaped him and his most famous work then this is your book I was concurrently reading the speculative history Who Murdered Chaucer when this book arrived so I had another perspect I won a copy of this through Goodreads First Reads program The second subtitle to the book refers to it as a microbiography and I think this is apt If you...There comes a time in the life of every great artist when he or she just has to throw away everything they ve done, everything they ve learned, and start over Warren G said it best Should I a Go back to slinging dope or should I b Maintain and try to cope or should I c Just get crazy and wild but no I chose d Create the G child This book is all about how Geoffrey Chaucer made the same decision in the year 1386 A court poet, accustomed to reading aloud his rom...This an excellent detailed and readable biography of Geoffrey Chaucer leading up to and concluding with the posthumous publication of the Canterbury Tales Actually, I m not sure publication is the right word for a book created before the invention of the printing press Either way, if you are interested in Brit Lit or in the history of medieval England than this is a great read If you like early British literature or are a fan of Chaucer, this is essential On the other hand, if such things This an excellent detailed and readable biography of Geoffrey Chaucer leading up to and concluding with the posthumous publication of the Canterbury Tales Actually, I m not sure publication is the right word for a book created before the invention of the printing press Either way, if you are interested in Brit Lit or in the history of medieval England than this is a g...Source Free copy from Viking in exchange for a review.Summary Paul Strohm has written a concise biography of Geoffrey Chaucer.Strohm states the aim of the book.My aim is to write an evidence based account that respects the past as past, but that simultaneously seeks out linkages between that past and our present At various points in the pages to follow I will attribute motives to Chaucer that, with modest adjustment, are close cousins to our own motives of love and accommodation to its absen Source Free copy from Viking in exchange for a review.Summary Paul Strohm has written a concise biography of Geoffrey Chaucer.Strohm states the aim of the book.My aim is to write an evidence based account that respects the past as past, but that simultaneously seeks out linkages between that past and ou...GOODREADS FIRST READS REVIEWThe importance of Geoffrey Chaucer on English literature cannot be measured, but if not for one bad year both Chaucer and the history of English literature could have been remembered completely differently Paul Strohm writes in his new book, Chaucer s Tale , that if not for the rapidly changing political environment in 1386 Chaucer s life might have not provided him the opportunity to write The Canterbury Tales.Strohm begins his microbiography of Chaucer by placin GOODREADS FIRST READS REVIEWThe importance of Geoffrey Chaucer on English literature cannot be measured, but if not for one bad year both Chaucer and the history of English literature could have been remembered completely differently Paul Strohm writes in his new book, Chaucer s Tale , that if not for the...Tedious.The opening of the third chapter An explanation of Chaucer s ill starred and ultimately frustrated years in the wool trade will require an extended look at the trade itself, the operations of the Wool Wharf, the machinations of the collectors of customs tells you all you need to know Are you interested in an extended look at the English wool trade of the fourteenth century If so, this is the book for you.A much better idea would be to just go back and read the master himself Rere Tedious.The opening of the third chapter An explanation of Chaucer s ill starred and ultimately frustrated years in the wool trade will require an extended look at the trade itself, the operations of the Wool Wharf, the machinations of the collectors of customs tells you...

• 12 March 2017
Paul Strohm
• Hardcover
• 304 pages
• 0670026433
• Paul Strohm
• Chaucers Tale