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30 Great Myths About Chaucer [2020]

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CHAUCER IS THE FATHER OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
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CHAUCER WAS THE FIRST ENGLISH POET
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CHAUCER SUFFERED AN UNREQUITED LOVE
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CHAUCER'S MARRIAGE WAS UNHAPPY
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CHAUCER'S SON THOMAS WAS JOHN OF GAUNT'S BASTARD
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CHAUCER'S LANGUAGE IS TOO DIFFICULT FOR MODERN READERS
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THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS REPRESENT ALL SOCIAL CLASSES AND CHARACTER TYPES
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THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS ARE BASED ON REAL PEOPLE
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THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS FORM A “MERRY COMPANY”
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CHAUCER WAS A FEMINIST
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CHAUCER WAS GUILTY OF RAPE
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CHAUCER HAD A FALLING OUT WITH HIS BEST FRIEND
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CHAUCER LIVED IN THE MIDDLE AGES
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CHAUCER WAS A PROTO‐PROTESTANT
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CHAUCER WAS ANTI‐SEMITIC
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CHAUCER WAS A SPY
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CHAUCER WAS A CROOK
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CHAUCER WAS A POLITICAL OPPORTUNIST
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THE WIFE OF BATH MURDERED HER HUSBAND
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CHAUCER “OUTS” THE PARDONER
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CHAUCER NEVER FINISHED THE <fi>CANTERBURY TALES</fi>
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CHAUCER IS OBSCENE
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CHAUCER WAS SKEPTICAL OF CHIVALRY
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CHAUCER DESCRIBED HIMSELF IN HIS WORKS
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CHAUCER WROTE THE FIRST NOVEL IN ENGLISH
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CHAUCER WAS IN DANGER OF BEING THROWN IN DEBTOR'S PRISON
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CHAUCER RENOUNCED HIS WORKS ON HIS DEATHBED
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CHAUCER IS BURIED IN HIS OWN TOMB
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CHAUCER WAS THE FIRST POET LAUREATE
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CONTEMPORARY LITERARY THEORY IS IRRELEVANT TO CHAUCER
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CODA
185
FURTHER READING
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WORKS CITED
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