Podcast Episodes featuring Geoffrey Chaucer

Beyond 'The Canterbury Tales,' Geoffrey Chaucer's Life In London

On Point | Podcast - December 31, 2019 18:24 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 3K ratings
Before "The Canterbury Tales," Geoffrey Chaucer was a teenage fashion plate, prisoner of war, a traveler. We dig into a new biography. Marion Turner joins Meghna Chakrabarti.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Legacy: the Artists Behind the Legends - September 30, 2017 04:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 118 ratings
Geoffrey Chaucer, a man known as the father of English literature, was THE master of poetry and verse in the 14th century prior to William Shakespeare. Chaucer wrote during a time in England when Latin was considered the ‘grammatica’ (aka language that would not change), and most of the upper cla...

Geoffrey Chaucer

Bookclub - October 22, 2000 15:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 208 ratings
James Naughtie discusses The Miller's Tale from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer with Dr Ruth Evans and an audience of readers.