Old English literature, or Anglo-Saxon literature

Geoffrey Chaucer. He was born in London sometime between 1340 and 1344. He was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat (courtier), and diplomat. He is also referred to as the father of English Literature. The Miller's Tale, the Reeve's Tale, the Cook's fragmentary Tale, The Friar's Tale, the Summoner's Tale, the Shipman's Tale, and The Canon's Yeoman's Tale are all in the fabliaux tradition.Geoffrey Chaucer is considered one of the first great English poets. He is the author of such works as The Parlement of Foules, Troilus and Criseyde, and The Canterbury Tales. Humorous and profound, his writings show him to be an acute observer of his time with a deft command of many literary genres.

Chaucer introduced two poetic conventions, iambic pentameter and the rhyme royal, to English poetry. Chaucer's poem “The Legend of Good Women” is the first known English poem to use iambic pentameter. Meter in poetry refers to the rhythm of the spoken words.

1550-1660

Early Renaissance.

High Renaissance.

Late Renaissance.

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