edimonk
Many consider Chaucer the father of modern English literature. They feel his work is the source of the vernacular tradition in English literature.
Geoffrey Chaucer
The father of modern English literature
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There was a general trend toward the use of the vernacular in literature at the time. Dante was the first to use the Italian vernacular to write the Divine Comedy.