Chaucer, Geoffrey: Early Works
Chaucer's literary activity is often divided into three periods. The first period includes his early work (to 1370), which is based largely on French models, especially the Roman de la Rose and the poems of Guillaume de Machaut . Chaucer's chief works during this time are the
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