The narrator of another of his poems falls asleep while reading Cicero's Somnium Scipionis, whereupon (*) Scipio Africanus guides him to the temple of Venus, where three tercels plead for the hand of a formel eagle.
Linne Mooney discovered that this author's assistant Adam Pinkhurst was the subject of a poem in which this author cursed him with "the scall" because his "negligence and rape" forced this man to "rub and scrape". The narrator of a poem by this man visits a constantly-moving wicker house and a golden palace under the guidance of an eagle he meets in a glass temple. The narrator of another of his poems falls asleep while reading Cicero's Somnium Scipionis, whereupon (*) Scipio Africanus guides him to the temple of Venus, where three tercels plead for the hand of a formel eagle. His most famous work opens by describing the "condition", "array", and "degree" of the central group in the General Prologue, and includes sections narrated by Harry Bailey and a number of pilgrims. For 10 points, name this author of The House of Fame, The Parliament of Fowls, and The Canterbury Tales.
Linne Mooney discovered that this author's assistant Adam Pinkhurst was the subject of a poem in which this author cursed him with "the scall" because his "negligence and rape" forced this man to "rub and scrape".
Geoffrey Chaucer