Chaucer's Italy

AvRichard Owen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Chaucer enjoyed numerous international sojourns over the course of his eventful life, but there was one part of Europe that influenced his work like no other: Italy. Tracing Chaucer's journeys and his links to destinations such as Florence, Certaldo, Arqua, Pavia, and Milan, Richard Owen introduces us to the princes, knights, and authors with whom Chaucer mixed.Richard Owen's illuminating new account leaves no doubt that, without the influence of Italian luminaries such as Francesco Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio, the English canon ' fathered' by Chaucer would never have existed as we know it.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-04-14
Mått:140 x 205 x 20 mm
Vikt:336 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Armchair Traveller
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Haus Publishing
ISBN:9781909961838

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Richard Owen was The Times Rome correspondent for fifteen years. He has written several works of non-fiction, including Crisis in the Kremlin and, with Haus, DH Lawrence in Italy and Hemingway in Italy.

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‘Inherently interesting, deftly written, impressively organised and presented.’

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Introduction: Chaucer and Ytaille // 11. Italy on the Thames // 192. The Milan Wedding // 353. Francesco Petrarch // 474. The Tale of Patient Griselda // 595. A Mission to Genoa // 716. Loans and Poems in Florence // 817. Giovanni Boccaccio // 938. The Knight's Tale // 1059. Florence and Canterbury // 11510. The Mission to Lombardy // 13111. A Parfit Gentil Knyght? // 14312. The Library at Pavia // 15713. Rome and Avignon // 16514. The Later Years // 179Conclusion: Chaucer the Poeta Elegante // 189Acknowledgements // 195Bibliography // 199