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Literature's lasting influence

This Chaucer quotes collection traces his influence on literature, from food as metaphor since Chaucer to writers wanting to Appreciate the English language.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Couple Years
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Nov 07, 2020

After I'd been in college for a couple years I'd read Shakespeare and Frost and Chaucer and the poets of the Harlem Renaissance. I'd come to appreciate how gorgeous the English language could be. But most fantasy novels didn't seem to make the effort.

Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

'Blue Velvet' changed my life forever. It was like I'd always read Chaucer and suddenly discovered Charles Bukowski. It made me understand that there is poetry of sublime ecstasy and dark terror, and it spoke to a side of me that hadn't been reached before.

Quotes by Joe Wright

Nov 07, 2020

Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais, who used food wonderfully as a metaphor for sensuality.

Quotes by Joanne Harris

Ghosts
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Nov 07, 2020

I can imagine the writers of China, England and France, crippled and unsure of themselves when they feel that the ghosts of Confucius, Mencius, Chaucer and Shakespeare and Victor Hugo are looking over their shoulders.

Quotes by F. Sionil Jose

Direction
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Nov 07, 2020

I have an unconscious burglar living in my mind: If I read something, it's mine. I can read Middle English stories, Geoffrey Chaucer or Sir Thomas Malory, but once I start moving in the direction of contemporary fantasy, my mind begins to take over.

Quotes by David Eddings

Fantasy
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Nov 07, 2020

I can read Middle English stories, Geoffrey Chaucer or Sir Thomas Malory, but once I start moving in the direction of contemporary fantasy, my mind begins to take over.

Quotes by David Eddings

Other quotes place Chaucer alongside Shakespeare and Confucius as towering figures writers feel watching over their Direction.

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