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Chaucer, Boccaccio, and the Debate of Love: A Comparative Study of the Decameron and the Canterbury Tales Hardcover – November 28, 1996

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In this study, Thompson explores the links between the two most popular collections of medieval narrative. Looking at the Decameron and the Canterbury Tales in their entirety, Thompson reveals many surprising similarities--ranging from the way they discuss fiction to their treatment of it--which have, until now, remained unnoticed.
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  1. Print length
    364 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Clarendon Press
  4. Publication date
    November 28, 1996
  5. Dimensions
    5.75 x 1 x 8.81 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0198123787
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0198123781
  8. Lexile measure
    1520L
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he makes a significant contribution to medieval studies. / Peter G. Beidler, Medium Aevum, LXVI.2`The analogies between the two authors are striking, and well illustrated. The style is clear, the translations provided ... adequate ... and the footnotes copious and arranged conveniently at the end of each chapter ... interesting and ambitious book.' Times Literary Supplement`concise contextualization is one of the main virtues of this book ... The close reading and comparison of individual tales and groups of tales is mostly cogent and well balanced ... this is a useful, engaging, and often eloquent work that should help both industrious students and busy professors of medieval studies to clarify, if not to resolve, one of Chaucer's most enduring and labyrinthine 'enigmas'.' Nick Havely, University of York, MLR, vol 93, no 4, 1998

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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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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarendon Press; 1st edition (November 28, 1996)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 364 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198123787
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198123781
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1520L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1 x 8.81 inches

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