Chaucer & His Works

Hareshwar Roy,


Geoffrey Chaucer

Birth - c.1342 or c.1343 (London?, England)
Death - October 25, 1400 (London, England)

Popular Works:

1. The Book of the Duchess
2. Hous of Fame (The House of Fame)
3. Legend of Good Women
4. The Canterbury Tales
5. The Parlement of Foules (The Parliament of Fowls)
6. A Treatise on the Astrolabe
7. Troilus and Criseyde
Location: B-37, City Homes Colony, Jawahar Nagar Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India
Currently Dr. Roy is working as Professor of English at Govt. P.G. College Satna, Madhya Pradesh. He is the author of the following books: (1) Diasporic Articulation in the Novels of M.G. Vassanji (2) A Study of M.G. Vassanji 's Novels (3) Varieties of Indianity in the Works of M.G. Vassanji & Rohinton Mistry (4)Diaspora & Indian Diaspora: A Brief Study (5) Short Notes of English Literature - I (6) Short Notes of English Literature - II (7) हमार पहचान ह भोजपुरी - भोजपुरी कविता संकलन (8) हमरा प्यार हो गइल - भोजपुरी गज़ल संकलन (9) भोजपुरी कविताएँ

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