Chaucer : his life, his works, his world
/ Donald R. Howard
- 1st ed
- New York : Dutton , c1987.
- xix, 636 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Maps on lining papers. "A William Abrahams book."
Includes bibliographies and index.
Revered for centuries as the father of English poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer was also a central man of his age--a courtier, soldier, diplomat, public official, a man of action, and a man of the world. In this award-winning biography, Donald R. Howard recreates the public, private, and poetic life of this extraordinary man.