FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
POETRY
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Detailed explanation-1: -Geoffrey Chaucer spoke at least three languages and may have spoken four. He is known to have been proficient in English, French, and Latin, and may have also been able to speak Italian.
Detailed explanation-2: -Chaucer spent most of his life living in and around London, but he was European in outlook. He travelled to France, Italy and Spain for months at a time, both as a soldier and as a diplomat entrusted with the ‘king’s business’. He was certainly fluent in French and probably conversant in Italian and Latin.
Detailed explanation-3: -Chaucer, who inhabited the court, dabbled in legal work, and travelled throughout western Europe, would naturally (and necessarily) have spoken and written French, Latin, and Italian. It would be inaccurate to say, however, that Chaucer’s audience would have perceived hard distinctions between these languages.
Detailed explanation-4: -The ‘Canterbury Tales’ were notable for the fact that they were written in Middle English but did include clear indications of inspiration from Italian literature and French poetry style adopted and adapted by Chaucer.