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Before the "Knight's Tale" : Imitation of Classical Epic in Boccaccio's "Teseida" / David Anderson.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, David, author.
- Series:
- The Middle Ages
- The Middle Ages Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) in literature--Classical influences.
- Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) in literature.
- Poetry, Medieval--Classical influences.
- Poetry, Medieval.
- Epic poetry.
- Sibling rivalry in literature.
- Imitation in literature.
- Thebes (Greece)--In literature.
- Thebes (Greece).
- Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Teseida.
- Boccaccio, Giovanni.
- Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Thebais.
- Statius, P. Papinius.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Knight's tale--Sources.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey.
- Polynices (Greek mythological figure).
- Polynices.
- Eteocles, King of Thebes (Mythological character).
- Eteocles.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : 4 illus.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1988]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 Thebaid, with a series of Boccaccio's own glosses on a passage in Thebaid 7, are made available for the first time in the appendixes.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Imitation of the Main Action
- 2. The Alternate Ending
- 3. Boccaccio's Model of Epic Narrative
- 4. Imitation of the Thebaid in the Knight's Tale
- Appendixes
- Indexes
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Jan 2018)
- ISBN:
- 1-5128-0006-6
- 0-585-12636-4
- OCLC:
- 1024010357
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