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Chaucer, Boccaccio, and the Debate of Love: A Comparative Study of ^IThe Decameron^R and ^IThe Canterbury Tales^R - Tapa dura

Thompson, N. S.

 
9780198123781: Chaucer, Boccaccio, and the Debate of Love: A Comparative Study of ^IThe Decameron^R and ^IThe Canterbury Tales^R
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ISBN 10: 0198123787 ISBN 13: 9780198123781
Editorial: Clarendon Press, 1996

Sinopsis

AlthoughThe Decameron and The Canterbury Tales have often been linked, this is the first ever major study of the two most popular collections of medieval framed narratives to examine them both beyond shared general similarities and also to look at the search for individual analogue or source material, which has proved so inconclusive. Thus, the present study examines the texts and their internal dynamics primarily as a whole and reveals many surprising similarities which have hitherto remained unnoticed. The two collections are examined in the light of their literary diversity, their shape as a form of quodlibet debate, their discussion of literature and its autonomy using the oppositions of utile diletto and 'sentence' 'solaas', and the specific way that individual narratives are treated so as to create a labyrinthine web for the reader to both negotiate and enjoy.

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Acerca del autor

N. S. Thompson is a Lecturer in English at Christ Church, Oxford.

De la contraportada

Although the Decameron and the Canterbury Tales have often been linked, this is the first ever major study of the two most popular medieval collections of framed narratives to examine the texts as a whole. The present study goes well beyond shared general similarities and the inconclusive search for source or analogue material in order to look at the internal dynamics of each text and the surprising similarities that emerge there in terms of theories of literature, authority and authorship and the particular reader response envisaged by their authors. The two collections are examined in the light of their literary diversity, their shape as a form of quodlibet debate, their discussion of literature and its autonomy, using the oppositions of utile-diletto and 'sentence'-'solaas', and in the specific way that individual narratives are treated so as to create a labyrinthine web for the reader both to negotiate and to enjoy. This is the fullest attempt yet to demonstrate the weight of evidence linking Chaucer's work to the Decameron and to disprove the stance, take early this century, that Chaucer was not directly indebted to it.

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Editorial
Clarendon Press
Año de publicación
1996
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0198123787
ISBN 13 
9780198123781
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Número de páginas
364
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