Chaucer and Italian culture /

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A collection of eight original articles by leading scholars, which throw new light on Geoffrey Chaucer's engagement with Italian literature and culture in the late fourteenth century.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Fulton, Helen, 1952- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2021.
Series:New century Chaucer.
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Criticism and interpretation.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400
1268-1559
English poetry > Italian influences.
Civilization
English poetry > Italian influences
Literature
Italy > Civilization > 1268-1559.
Italy > In literature.
Italie > Civilisation > 1268-1559.
Italy
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Half-title Page
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • The Contributors
  • Introduction: Chaucer Imagines Italy
  • 1. Chaucerian Diplomacy
  • 2. The Haunting of Geoffrey Chaucer: Dante, Boccaccio and the Ghostly Poetics of the Trecento
  • 3. Chorography and Topography: Italian Models and Chaucerian Strategies
  • 4. Vision and Touch in Dante and Chaucer
  • 5. The Aesthetics of 'Wawes Grene': Planets, Painting and Politics in Chaucer's Knight's Tale
  • 6. The Prophetic Eagle in Italy, England and Wales: Dante, Chaucer and Insular Political Prophecy
  • 7. 'Trophee' and Triumph in the Monk's Tale
  • 8. From Imitation to Invention: Chaucer's Journey from The House of Fame to the Nun's Priest's Tale
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Backcover

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