Chaucer

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.
Date Published: 17 April 2012
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Contributors: Daniel Wakelin
In Collection(s): Geoffrey Chaucer
Keywords: Key Stage 5, lesson, Teaching, 14th century, great writers inspire, life, literature, Geoffrey Chaucer, #greatwriters
Cite: Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer at https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via https://dev.writersinspire.it.ox.ac.uk/content/chaucer. Published on 17 April 2012. Accessed on 14 May 2026.
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