Chaucer's Decameron and the Origin of the Canterbury Tales Contributor(s): Biggs, Frederick M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1843845350 ISBN-13: 9781843845355 Publisher: Boydell & Brewer OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: 821.109 |
Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.91 lbs) 296 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 mentioned 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 might have heard parts of the earlier collection when he was in Italy, he did not have it at hand as he wrote. |