Chaucer's Boccaccio Sources for Troilus and the Knight's and Franklin's Tales ; Translations from the Filostrato, Teseida and Filocolo
by Giovanni Boccaccio
Chaucer made extensive use of Boccaccio's romances as a basis forhis major works, and any analysis of his handling of his sources mustdepend on a knowledge of the Italian poet's work.`His Filostrato has far more energy and subtletythan theR.K. Gordon version; it reminds us just how good Boccaccio is.'THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT`The notes are a model of economy. The introduction is quite superb.' THE TIMES HIGHEREDUCATION SUPPLEMENT
ENGLISH LITERATURE_HISTORY AND CRITICISM
RELEASED1980
PUBLISHERD.S. Brewer
LENGTH225
LANGUAGEEN
Chaucer's Boccaccio Sources for Troilus and the Knight's and Franklin's Tales ; Translations from the Filostrato, Teseida and Filocolo
by Giovanni Boccaccio
Chaucer made extensive use of Boccaccio's romances as a basis forhis major works, and any analysis of his handling of his sources mustdepend on a knowledge of the Italian poet's work.`His Filostrato has far more energy and subtletythan theR.K. Gordon version; it reminds us just how good Boccaccio is.'THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT`The notes are a model of economy. The introduction is quite superb.' THE TIMES HIGHEREDUCATION SUPPLEMENT
ENGLISH LITERATURE_HISTORY AND CRITICISM
RELEASED1980
PUBLISHERD.S. Brewer
LENGTH225
LANGUAGEEN