ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1340s – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the “father of English literature", or, alternatively, the “father of English poetry".

Detailed explanation-2: -Geoffrey Chaucer is regarded as the father of English and contributed substantially to its development. The author, poet, and diplomat referred to as the father of English was raised in London.

Detailed explanation-3: -Touted as the father of modern English by his contemporaries and later (even modern) critics, Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) remains one of the essential medieval writers that still has prevalence in our literary culture today.