Books
The very name of Geoffrey Chaucer, the “father of English poetry,” conjures up a vivid image of the times in which he lived.
Dec. 20, 1987
A new rewording of ‘the firste fyndere of our faire language’ is clear but lacks magic.
Nov. 16, 2008
World & Nation
Centuries-old manuscripts and books, including works by William Shakespeare and Geoffrey Chaucer, are missing from a university library in northern England.
Dec. 20, 1998
Television
BBC has updated ‘The Canterbury Tales’ while remaining faithful to the plots and themes of the originals.
Jan. 8, 2005
The names Alexander Hamilton, Geoffrey Chaucer and Desmond Tutu don’t ring many bells with one group of California college students--but they do a lot better when it comes to soap operas.
Oct. 19, 1986
Movies
Movies * Having decided to become an actor, Paul Bettany finds himself playing Chaucer in ‘A Knight’s Tale’--naked.
May 16, 2001
Steps toward his English roots Walking to CanterburyWalking to Canterbury A Modern Journey Through Chaucer’s Medieval England Jerry Ellis Ballantine Books: 336 pp., $14.95 paper About 600 years after Geoffrey Chaucer spun his tale of pilgrims talking and traipsing their way from London east to Canterbury, here comes an American -- and part Cherokee at that -- to walk in those footsteps.
June 8, 2003
Entertainment & Arts
Not the original? A new translation by Burton Raffel offers a modern version of Chaucer’s medieval masterpiece.
Excerpts from 14th century poet Geoffrey Chaucer’s epic about frauds and villains, cuckoldry, chivalry, corruption, love, foul murder and meddling gods and goddesses come to delectable life in HBO’s two-part special “Animated Epics: The Canterbury Tales,” a 1999 Academy Award nominee in the animated short film category.
May 26, 1999
Music
Hip-hop fan Baba Brinkman puts a rap spin on the 14th century ‘Canterbury Tales.’
Dec. 25, 2006