Chaucer and Italian Culture (Hardcover)

Chaucerian scholarship has long been intrigued by the nature and consequences of Chaucer's exposure to Italian culture during his professional visits to Italy in the 1370s. In the eight chapters of Chaucer and Italian Culture, leading scholars take a new and more holistic view of Chaucer's engagement with Italian cultural practice, moving beyond the traditional 'sources and analogues' approach to reveal the varied strands of Italian literature, art, politics and intellectual life that permeate Chaucer's work. Each chapter examines, from a different angle, links between Chaucerian texts and Italian intellectual models, including poetics, chorography, visual art, classicism, diplomacy and prophecy. Echoes of Petrarch, Dante and Boccaccio reverberate throughout the book, across a rich and diverse landscape of Italian cultural legacies. Taken together, these eight chapters cover a wide range of theory and reference, while sharing a united understanding of the rich impact of Italian culture on Chaucer's narrative art.

General

Imprint:	University Of Wales Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New Century Chaucer
Release date:	February 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Helen Fulton
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-78683-678-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > Classical, early & medieval Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	1-78683-678-5
Barcode:	9781786836786

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