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Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland

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Difference between Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland

Geoffrey Chaucer vs. William Langland

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 25 October 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. William Langland (Willielmus de Langland; 1332 – c. 1386) is the presumed author of a work of Middle English alliterative verse generally known as Piers Plowman, an allegory with a complex variety of religious themes.

Similarities between Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland

Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland have 10 things in common (in Unionpedia): Allegory, John Wycliffe, Lollardy, Middle English, Pearl Poet, Pierce the Ploughman's Crede, Piers Plowman, Roman de la Rose, The Plowman's Tale, Vernacular.

Allegory

As a literary device, an allegory is a metaphor in which a character, place or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.

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John Wycliffe

John Wycliffe (also spelled Wyclif, Wycliff, Wiclef, Wicliffe, Wickliffe; 1320s – 31 December 1384) was an English scholastic philosopher, theologian, Biblical translator, reformer, English priest, and a seminary professor at the University of Oxford.

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Lollardy

Lollardy (Lollardism, Lollard movement) was a pre-Protestant Christian religious movement that existed from the mid-14th century to the English Reformation.

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Middle English

Middle English (ME) is collectively the varieties of the English language spoken after the Norman Conquest (1066) until the late 15th century; scholarly opinion varies but the Oxford English Dictionary specifies the period of 1150 to 1500.

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Pearl Poet

The "Pearl Poet", or the "Gawain Poet", is the name given to the author of Pearl, an alliterative poem written in 14th-century Middle English.

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Pierce the Ploughman's Crede

Pierce the Ploughman's Crede is a medieval alliterative poem of 855 lines, lampooning the four orders of friars.

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Piers Plowman

Piers Plowman (written 1370–90) or Visio Willelmi de Petro Ploughman (William's Vision of Piers Plowman) is a Middle English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland.

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Roman de la Rose

Le Roman de la Rose (English: The Romance of the Rose) is a medieval French poem styled as an allegorical dream vision.

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The Plowman's Tale

There are two pseudo-Chaucerian texts called The Plowman's Tale (aka Brent's Story).

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Vernacular

A vernacular, or vernacular language, is the language or variety of a language used in everyday life by the common people of a specific population.

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Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland Comparison

Geoffrey Chaucer has 203 relations, while William Langland has 36. As they have in common 10, the Jaccard index is 4.18% = 10 / (203 + 36).

References

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