Geoffrey Chaucer was born in England although the exact date is not know n sometime around 1345 give or take a few years. He married the lady of the Queens chamber Philippa in 1366 they had two sons together Thomas and Lewis. He was work was influenced by writers like Dante and Boccaccio. He had many great works from The House of Fame to The Canterbury Tales. He was one of the greatest poets of the middle Ages and was even considered the father of English poetry. He died in 1400 and again the exact date is unknown.
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/chaucerbio.htm
I choose the Sir Gawain and the Green Knight because it was very interesting poem of adventure, love, and religion. It is about a knight who accepts a challenge from the Greene Knight. Along the way we see how Sir Gawain deals with the struggles of loyalty and self perseverance. The poem is filled with all kinds of symbolism from the girdle he receives from the lady to the castle appearing after his prayers. It also the view of how men are tempted with so many things from the lust of a woman to such material things, but not Sir Gawain he showed that there are strong men.
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