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Title
The Canterbury Tales & Chaucer
Description
Excerpted from the website:
- On Geoffrey Chaucer & His Works!
- ne attribute of an exceptional writer has always been the ability to incorporate the norms and peculiarities that are inherent within the society that is the setting or subject of the writing. Under this definition, Geoffrey Chaucer stood as an exceptional writer of the Medieval era. He writes within the context of the society that was known to him. Medieval Europe is the setting for The Canterbury Tales and other classic work. Chaucer is also able to incorporate the standards, or norms, as well as the characterization of the belief systems and the existing institutions of that society into the action of the Tales.
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