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Chaucer

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Great Writers Inspire
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Professor Daniel Wakelin discusses the work of Chaucer and explains how he was one of the first to use everyday spoken English as a literary language in the 14th Century.

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Great Writers Inspire
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Daniel Wakelin
Keywords
life
#greatwriters
literature
14th century
great writers inspire
chaucer
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 17/04/2012
Duration: 00:14:01

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