ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -At first, Geoffrey Chaucer, the author of the famous medieval Canterbury Tales was buried in the Abbey’s South Transept, yet to be known as ‘Poets’ Corner’. But in Elizabethan times a new tomb was put in place for Chaucer to elevate his status as the first great writer of literature in the English language.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first poet interred in Poets’ Corner, Geoffrey Chaucer, owed his 1400 burial in the Abbey (in front of St. Benedict’s Chapel) more to his position as Clerk of Works of the Palace of Westminster than to his fame as a writer.

Detailed explanation-3: -Geoffrey Chaucer is buried in ‘Poets’ Corner’, Westminster Abbey, London, England. He was the first poet to be buried in the Abbey. However, this was because he had been Clerk of Works to the Palace of Westminster and not because he had written The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer was buried at the entrance to St.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Poets’ Corner is one of Westminster Abbey’s most iconic features. It was originally established in the year 1400 as the burial place for Geoffrey Chaucer but has since been expanded to include other famous authors. Today, there are more than 100 writers and poets who have been commemorated here.

Detailed explanation-5: -Poets’ Corner is the burial site for a number of the London playwrights. Ben Jonson, Francis Beaumont, William Davenant and Michael Drayton are all buried in the Abbey, as are poets Geoffrey Chaucer and Edmund Spenser.