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A comprehensive guide for reading and understanding Chaucer, including a glossary and a chronology of chaucer's life.
A selective, annotated bibliography of Chaucer studies from 1900-1984.
Popular reading from the time of Chaucer
Offers a biography, links to works, articles, essays, and study resources.
An Online Compendium and Companion to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
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