THE POET'S TALE.
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| Title: | THE POET'S TALE. |
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| Authors: | BRANDON ROBSHAW |
| Source: | Independent (UK). 01/10/2016. |
| Abstract: | Paul Strohm focuses on one year of Chaucer's life in this vivid piece of historical re-creation. In 1386, Chaucer was a customs official in London - a delicate job which meant being seen to enforce the law while not damaging the profits of powerful men who made fortunes from the wool trade. His accommodation was a rent-free chamber at Aldgate, under which royal processions, drovers, traders, carts, rebels and convicts passed in an unending stream. In 1386, he lost this post for political reasons and retreated to Kent where he began The Canterbury Tales. It seems a wonder that from such a turbulent, hierarchical, and violent society Chaucer's humane and civilised poetry emerged; and this book made me keen to revisit it. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| Abstract: | Paul Strohm focuses on one year of Chaucer's life in this vivid piece of historical re-creation. In 1386, Chaucer was a customs official in London - a delicate job which meant being seen to enforce the law while not damaging the profits of powerful men who made fortunes from the wool trade. His accommodation was a rent-free chamber at Aldgate, under which royal processions, drovers, traders, carts, rebels and convicts passed in an unending stream. In 1386, he lost this post for political reasons and retreated to Kent where he began The Canterbury Tales. It seems a wonder that from such a turbulent, hierarchical, and violent society Chaucer's humane and civilised poetry emerged; and this book made me keen to revisit it. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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