I'm also a subscriber to the CHAUCERNET discussion group. We are wondering how one might go about getting a feature on Geoffrey Chaucer done on "Biography" -- can anyone provide some guidelines to us? (I've clipped and pasted below: the posting that initiated this discussion.) Cheers, Carol >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Laura Hodges wrote: When A&E, at the end of 2000, presented a show about the 100 most influential people in the past 1,000 years, they mentioned several authors, but Chaucer was not among them. Needless to say, I was decidedly miffed. However, that is perhaps because Chaucer looms so large in my mind--after all, I am thinking, researching, writing about him for some portion of every day. I don't question that he is an important figure. I'm assuming, perhaps erroneously, that A&E chose their 100 persons from among the biographies they had already produced, and since Chaucer was not among them, he quite naturally couldn't make their list. Still, it is clear that the people at A&E either did not think of Chaucer at all, or they questioned and found him wanting in some respect(s). Perhaps they lacked the detail knowledge that would have made them acknowledge his influence. And perhaps, since they go on producing new biographies of both contemporary subjects and historical figures, people on this list might provide some of that detailed knowledge with the intent to influence A&E's choice of Chaucer as a biographic subject now or soon, even though it is too late for him to be considered in the top 100 for 1,000 AD to 2,000 AD. If such a TV show were to be produced, and done well, it would make a nice addition to resources that might be useful in the classroom. What, in fact, would be the most interesting details or aspects of Chaucer's life that would make him a fascinating subject for a TV biography, produced for a general audience? LH =================================== Carol L. Robinson, Ph.D. Kent State University - Trumbull 4314 Mahoning Ave., NW Warren, OH 44483 PHONE: (330)-675-8949 FAX: (330)-675-6610 WEB: http://faculty.trumbull.kent.edu/robinsoc/ "...time has always put the notion of truth into crisis." -- Gilles Deleuze ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu