Chaucer's Decameron and the Origin of the Canterbury Tales

by Frederick M. Biggs and Fred M Biggs

Book Overview

A major and original contribution to the debate as to Chaucer's use and knowledge of Boccaccio, finding a new source for the "Shipman's Tale".

A possible direct link between the two greatest literary collections of the fourteenth century, Boccaccio's Decameron and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, has long tantalized readers because these works share many stories, which are, moreover, placed in similar frames. And yet, although he identified many...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843845350
• ISBN13: 9781843845355
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"