ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) is the first illustrious representative poet in the history of English literature.

Detailed explanation-2: -“The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales” is about an epic contemporary society of the 14th Century. Geoffrey Chaucer is a close observer of human nature and sketched reality in his book, hence, he is called representative of his age.

Detailed explanation-3: -Geoffrey Chaucer, (born c. 1342/43, London?, England-died October 25, 1400, London), the outstanding English poet before Shakespeare and “the first finder of our language.” His The Canterbury Tales ranks as one of the greatest poetic works in English.

Detailed explanation-4: -Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1340s – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales.

Detailed explanation-5: -After John Donne and John Milton, John Dryden was the greatest English poet of the 17th century. After William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, he was the greatest playwright. And he has no peer as a writer of prose, especially literary criticism, and as a translator.