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N. S. Thompson.
Chaucer, Boccaccio, and the Debate of Love: A Comparative Study of The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales.
Oxford U.P., 2001 digital reprint (previously issued 1996).
ISBN 0198123787;
ISBN-13: 9780198123781.
Hardback, perfect bound; issued without dustjacket.
Printed by Bookcraft Short Run Books, Midsomer Norton.
140x221x25mm.
x,354pp.
Main language: English; Middle English quotations given without translation, those from other languages usually have a translation following.
Unused bargain: these copies are shrink-wrapped, so have not been inspected internally.
This item £25.00
[Publisher's price £91.00]
562g.
This is the first ever major study to explore links between the two most popular collections of medieval narrative. By examining the Decameron and the Canterbury Tales as a whole, the author reveals many surprising similarities which have hitherto remained unnoticed, from the way they discuss fiction to their treatment of it.
Readership: Scholars and students (at undergraduate and postgraduate levels) of medieval literature, and the uses of narrative and fiction.
Contents: Diversity, choice & mean; Reading the signs; Literary debate; Autonomy of fiction; The comic tales - fabliaux or novelle?; The romances - noble & ignoble love; The 3 Griseldas.
Notes: at end of each chapter
Tables: no
Illustrations: 1 monochrome text figure
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 26pp
Index: yes
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See also | Canterbury Tales | Boccaccio |
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