"The Canterbury Tales"?

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I am researching the political and social context of the role of the poet in "The Canterbury Tales.  Chaucer frames the role of a poet in the prologue to the Tale of Sir Topas.  Any suggestions as to where I can research?  I have looked all over online databases and have been unsuccessful.  Maybe you have some ideas on the role of the poet?  Let me know if you have anything.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

If the links below aren't enough, just do what I did: type "Canterbury Tales" into Google's search engine. www.wikipedia.org is also a good place to begin your research on this, or just about any other topic. Be seeing you!

Anonymous · Answer

Geoffrey Chaucer likely wrote The Canterbury Tales in the late 1380s and early 1390s, after his retirement from life as a civil servant. 

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