Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Stories for an Uncertain World

Auteur: Hanning, Robert W. (Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University)
Editeur: Oxford University Press
A comparative study of Boccaccio's Decameron and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales that explores the differences and similarities between the worlds that are portrayed by each text, with a focus on the strategies and limits of personal agency, and the significance and social dynamics of story-telling.

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A comparative study of Boccaccio's Decameron and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales that explores the differences and similarities between the worlds that are portrayed by each text, with a focus on the strategies and limits of personal agency, and the significance and social dynamics of story-telling.
ISBN / EAN 9780192894755
Auteur Hanning, Robert W. (Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University)
Editeur Oxford University Press