# Geoffrey Chaucer — Representative Men character guide

> Geoffrey Chaucer in Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Chaucer

**First appearance:** 0005-v-shakespeare-or-the-poet

## Who they are

English poet, mentioned as a precursor to Shakespeare in poetic tradition.

## In the story

### [V: Shakespeare; or, the Poet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/representative_men_se/chapters/v-shakespeare-or-the-poet)

Noted for being glad and erect, part of the lineage of true bards alongside Homer and Shakespeare.

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