Chaucer and the Italian Trecento
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Chaucer and the Italian Trecento by Piero Boitani
This paperback consists of a collection of essays which have aroused considerable interest, since their first publication in 1983, in a question that has been occupying scholars for many years: what did fourteenth-century Italy and its literature mean to Chaucer? In the first part of the book contributors assess the general state of English and Italian culture in the fourteenth century and the complex network of Anglo-Italian relationships in the areas of trade, finance, church organisation and academic exchange. The second part faces the literary problem that Chaucer's borrowing from Italian authors poses: not only what he takes, but how and why. These essays include source studies and comparative analyses of such masterpieces as The Divine Comedy, The Canzoniere, The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales.Piero Boitani is a Comparative Literature Professor at the University of Rome's 'La Sapienza' Department of English. He is the author of numerous books, including The Tragic and the Sublime in Medieval Writing (Cambridge University Press, 1989) and The Shadow of Ulysses (Cambridge University Press, 1989). The Bible and Its Rewritings (1999) and Figures of a Myth (1994).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521313506 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521313503 |
| Title | Chaucer and the Italian Trecento |
| Author | Piero Boitani |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1985-08-08 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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