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Chaucer and Italian textuality

Clarke, Kenneth Patrick, 1977-

Chaucer and Italian textuality [electronic resource] / K.P. Clarke. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (viii, 234 p.). - Oxford English monographs . - Oxford English monographs. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 --Criticism and interpretation.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 --Influence.


English literature--Italian influences.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Italian literature--Appreciation--History--England--To 1500.

PR1874

821.1