| Comedy in Chaucer and Boccaccio Contributor(s): Heffernan, Carol Falvo (Author) |
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ISBN: 1843842017 ISBN-13: 9781843842019 Publisher: Boydell & Brewer OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: This book examines the relationship of the comic tales, the so-called fabliaux, in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Boccaccio's Decameron. It suggests that not only did Chaucer and Boccaccio share the same comic literary tradition stretching back into antiquity, but that Chaucer drew on the Italian's work; by putting the tales and the characters side-by-side, it throws new light on Chaucer's inventiveness. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 821.1 |
| Series: Chaucer Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (0.97 lbs) 166 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Although many of Chaucer's sources have been exhaustively studied, relatively little work has been done on the influence of his contemporary Boccaccio, a gap which this book aims to fill. It examines the relationship of the comictales, the so-called fabliaux, in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Boccaccio's Decameron, demonstrating that not only did Chaucer draw on Boccaccio's work, but that they shared the same comic literary tradition stretching back into antiquity. By putting the tales and the characters side-by-side, it throws new light on Chaucer's inventiveness and mode of working. Professor CAROL FALVO HEFFERNAN teaches at the Department of English, Rutgers University, New Jersey. |
Contributor Bio(s): Heffernan, Carol Falvo: - Professor Carol F Heffernan is Professor at the Department of English, Rutgers University, New York. |