How have critics received Chaucer's work?
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Contemporary poet Thomas Hoccleeve had a high opinion of Chaucer, and looked up to him as a role model.
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There are a large number of extant examples of Chaucer's manuscripts. This indicates his popularity because the printing press had not been invented yet.