1st Edition
English and Italian Literature From Dante to Shakespeare A Study of Source, Analogue and Divergence
By Robin Kirkpatrick
Copyright 1995
342 Pages
by
Routledge
342 Pages
by
Routledge
342 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is the first comprehensive critical comparison of English and Italian literature from the three centuries from Dante to Shakespeare. It begins by examining Chaucer's relationship with Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, and then looks at similar relationships within the areas of humanist education, lyric poetry, the epic, theatrical comedy, the short story and the pastoral drama. It provides a... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Chaucer and the Italians; Chapter 2 Education and Politics, 1350–1550; Chapter 3 Humanism and Poetry; Chapter 4 The Renaissance Epic; Chapter 5 Comedy in the Renaissance; Chapter 6 The Novella in Italy and England; Chapter 7 Pastoral Experiment in the Plays of Guarini, Marston and Fletcher; Chapter 8 Shakespeare and Italy;
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Robin Kirkpatrick
