Chaucer and Italian textuality [electronic resource] /
by Clarke, Kenneth Patrick.
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BookSeries: Oxford English monographs: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (viii, 234 p.).ISBN: 9780191729546 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 -- Criticism and interpretation | Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 -- Influence | English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Italian influences | Italian literature -- Appreciation -- England -- History -- To 1500Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: K.P. Clarke explores how Chaucer's work was affected by the tradition of commentary on or glossing of vernacular poetry, and how this context affected the layout and therefore the reading of texts within specific manuscripts. He seeks to understand Chaucer's Italian sources, as they were read by Chaucer himself.
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K.P. Clarke explores how Chaucer's work was affected by the tradition of commentary on or glossing of vernacular poetry, and how this context affected the layout and therefore the reading of texts within specific manuscripts. He seeks to understand Chaucer's Italian sources, as they were read by Chaucer himself.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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