Description: Further DetailsTitle: Chaucer and the Early Writings of BoccaccioCondition: NewISBN-10: 0859911861EAN: 9780859911863ISBN: 9780859911863Publisher: D.S. BrewerFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 05/30/1985Description: David Wallace's examination of the aims and literary affiliations of Boccaccio's early writings provides an indispensable preface to and context for an informed appraisal of Chaucer's usage of Boccaccio. Previous studies of the relationship between the work of the two poets have tended to consider Chaucer's borrowings without making a thorough study of the traditions which shaped the Italian writer's work. Wallace argues that Boccaccio was not primarily concerned with winning recognition at the Angevin court, but was chiefly concerned with fashioning an identity for himself as an illustrious vernacular author. Chaucer recognised that both the Filostrato and Teseida derived their basic narrative capabilities from popular tradition analogous to that of the English tail-rhyme romance. Following a detailed analysis of Chaucer's translation practice in Troilus and Criseyde, Wallace concludesthat it was Boccaccio's attempt to develop a narrative art occupying the middle ground between popular and illustrious, domestic and European traditions that Chaucer found so uniquely congenial and instructive.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: David WallaceGenre: Poetry & DramaBook Series: Chaucer StudiesItem Weight: 1gTopic: Literary CriticismRelease Year: 1985 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Chaucer and the Early Writings of Boccaccio
Title: Chaucer and the Early Writings of Boccaccio
ISBN-10: 0859911861
EAN: 9780859911863
ISBN: 9780859911863
Release Date: 05/30/1985
Release Year: 1985
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Series: Chaucer Studies
Book Title: Chaucer and the Early Writings of Boccaccio
Number of Pages: 350 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
Item Height: 0.7 in
Topic: Ancient & Classical, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, European / Italian
Publication Year: 1985
Genre: Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 18.8 Oz
Item Length: 9.4 in
Author: David Wallace
Item Width: 6.6 in
Book Series: Chaucer Studies
Format: Hardcover
