Chaucer's Italy by Owen, Richard

Chaucer's Italy

An exploration of the influence of Italy and Italians on Chaucer's life and writing. Geoffrey Chaucer might...
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Author: Richard Owen
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Language: English
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Chaucer's Italy by Owen, Richard

Chaucer's Italy

Dhs. 121.18

Chaucer's Italy

Dhs. 121.18
Author: Richard Owen
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
An exploration of the influence of Italy and Italians on Chaucer's life and writing.

Geoffrey Chaucer might be considered the quintessential English writer, but he drew much of his inspiration and material from Italy. In fact, without the tremendous influence of Francesco Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio (among others), the author of The Canterbury Tales might never have assumed his place as the "father" of English literature. Nevertheless, Richard Owen's Chaucer's Italy begins in London, where the poet dealt with Italian merchants in his roles as court diplomat and customs official. Next Owen takes us, via Chaucer's capture at the siege of Rheims, to his involvement in arranging the marriage of King Edward III's son Lionel in Milan and his missions to Genoa and Florence. By scrutinizing his encounters with Petrarch, Boccaccio, and the mercenary knight John Hawkwood--and with vividly evocative descriptions of the Arezzo, Padua, Florence, Certaldo, and Milan that Chaucer would have encountered--Owen reveals the deep influence of Italy's people and towns on Chaucer's poems and stories. Much writing on Chaucer depicts a misleadingly parochial figure, but as Owen's enlightening short study of Chaucer's Italian years makes clear, the poet's life was internationally eventful. The consequences have made the English canon what it is today.


Author: Richard Owen
Publisher: Haus Pub.
Published: 08/05/2022
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.87h x 4.96w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9781909961838

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