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Before the "Knight's Tale": Imitation of Classical Epic in Boccaccio's "Teseida"
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Before the "Knight's Tale": Imitation of Classical Epic in Boccaccio's "Teseida" in Chattanooga, TN
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The focus of
Before the Knight's Tale
is the transformation of Statius's
Thebaid
into Boccaccio's
Teseida
and Chaucer's subsequent reshaping of this rich literary tradition in the Knight's Tale. David Anderson examines Boccaccio's imitative art in its historical context, defining his model of classical epic and his imitative strategy in the Teseida. Two medieval prologues to the
, with a series of Boccaccio's own glosses on a passage in
7, are made available for the first time in the appendixes.
Before the Knight's Tale
is the transformation of Statius's
Thebaid
into Boccaccio's
Teseida
and Chaucer's subsequent reshaping of this rich literary tradition in the Knight's Tale. David Anderson examines Boccaccio's imitative art in its historical context, defining his model of classical epic and his imitative strategy in the Teseida. Two medieval prologues to the
, with a series of Boccaccio's own glosses on a passage in
7, are made available for the first time in the appendixes.
The focus of
Before the Knight's Tale
is the transformation of Statius's
Thebaid
into Boccaccio's
Teseida
and Chaucer's subsequent reshaping of this rich literary tradition in the Knight's Tale. David Anderson examines Boccaccio's imitative art in its historical context, defining his model of classical epic and his imitative strategy in the Teseida. Two medieval prologues to the
, with a series of Boccaccio's own glosses on a passage in
7, are made available for the first time in the appendixes.
Before the Knight's Tale
is the transformation of Statius's
Thebaid
into Boccaccio's
Teseida
and Chaucer's subsequent reshaping of this rich literary tradition in the Knight's Tale. David Anderson examines Boccaccio's imitative art in its historical context, defining his model of classical epic and his imitative strategy in the Teseida. Two medieval prologues to the
, with a series of Boccaccio's own glosses on a passage in
7, are made available for the first time in the appendixes.

















