Chaucer'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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Biggs, Frederick M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, 2017.
Series:Chaucer studies ; 44.
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. > Canterbury tales.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Criticism and interpretation.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375. > Decamerone.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375 > Criticism and interpretation.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400.
Boccaccio, Giovanni > 1313-1375 > Il Decamerone
Chaucer, Geoffrey > 1343-1400 > The Canterbury tales
Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
Decamerone (Boccaccio, Giovanni)
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Rezeption
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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