Chaucer's Troylus and Cryseyde (from the Harl. ms. 3943) compared with Boccaccio's Filostrato / translated by Wm. Michael Rosetti.
By: Chaucer, Geoffrey
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Contributor(s): Boccaccio, Giovanni | Rossetti, William Michael | Chaucer Society (London, England).
Series: Chaucer Society publications second series ; no. 9, 10.Publisher: London : published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner & Co., 1873[-83]Description: xi, 301 p. : 23 x 29 cm.ISBN: (Hbk.).Subject(s): Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone | Chaucer, Geoffrey -1400. Troilus and Criseyde | Comparative literature -- English and Italian | Comparative literature -- Italian and English | Tales, Medieval -- History and criticismDDC classification: 821.9
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due |
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| Non-Loanable Book | Library | Oversized Reserve | 821.9 CHA (Browse shelf) | Not for loan |
Something less than a third of the Troylus is taken direct from the Filostrato."--Pref. p. iii.
On verso of t.-p.: Second series, 9. [!] Perhaps the t.-p. is a preliminary one, later discarded.
Issued in 2 parts, 1875-83.
The translation of Boccaccio and Chaucer's text are printed in parallel columns. "Those lines ... that Chaucer translated or adapted are englisht here: those which Chaucer did not use ... are only summarized.
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