Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet and author. Widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages, he is best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the 'father of English literature' and is credited with being the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular English language.
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Middle English verse, social observation, and narrative storytelling
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