Bøger af Hubertis Maurice Cummings

In this groundbreaking study, Cummings explores the influence of the Italian poet Boccaccio on the works of the English writer Chaucer. Drawing on extensive archival research, Cummings traces the ways in which Chaucer adapted and transformed Boccaccio's themes, characters, and narrative techniques in works such as the Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of medieval literature and culture.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.