Screen LibraryChaucer's Decameron and the origin of the Canterbury tales /
A possible direct link between the two greatest literary collections of the fourteenth century, Boccaccio's Decameron and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, has long tantalized readers because these works share many stories, which are, moreover, placed in similar frames. And yet, although he iden...
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| Published: |
D.S. Brewer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Chaucer studies,
XLIV |
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| Summary: |
A possible direct link between the two greatest literary collections of the fourteenth century, Boccaccio's Decameron and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, has long tantalized readers because these works share many stories, which are, moreover, placed in similar frames. And yet, although he identified many of his sources, Chaucer never mentions Boccaccio; indeed when he retold the Decameron's final novella, his pilgrim, the Clerk, states that it was written by Petrarch. For these reasons, most scholars now believe that while Chaucer may have heard parts of the earlier collection when he was in Ita |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [234]-261) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781843844754 (hardback) : 1843844753 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | PR1874 |
| CLC: |
I546.063 I561.072 |
| Call Number: | I561.072/B592 |
| Contents: | Introduction: manuscripts of the Canterbury tales and Chaucer's access to the Decameron -- Boccaccio as the source for Chaucer's use of sources -- The shipman's trade in three Novelle from the Decameron -- Licisca's outburst: the origin of the Canterbury tales -- Friar Puccio's penance: upending the knight's order -- The Wife of Bath's tale and the Tale of Florent -- Conclusion. |