Download or read book Father Chaucer written by Samantha Katz Seal and published by Oxford Studies in Medieval Lit. This book was released on 2019 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a fresh interpretation of Geoffrey Chaucer both as a poet and as a man. Taking as its starting point the idea of Chaucer as the 'Father of English Poetry', the book explores how the poet's thoughts on paternity and creativity lie at the heart of The Canterbury Tales.