{"product_id":"chaucer-and-the-tradition-of-the-roman-antique-paperback-9780521051002","title":"Chaucer and the Tradition of the Roman Antique (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521051002","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChaucer and the Tradition of the Roman Antique\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a detailed investigation of Chaucer's poetics in two of his master works.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBarbara Nolan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521051002, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 February 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e408 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 2.4 cm, 0.602 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a detailed investigation of Chaucer's poetics in Troilus and Criseyde and the Knight's Tale in relation to an important continental narrative tradition. It is the first such wide-ranging study since Charles Muscatine's seminal Chaucer and the French Tradition and the first book to argue in detail that Chaucer's poems, Boccaccio's Filostrato and Teseida and the twelfth-century French romans antiques participate in a distinct formal tradition within the protean field of medieval romance. By close examination of the formal and ethical designs of each poem, Barbara Nolan explores both the compositional practices shared by all of the poets she discusses, and their calculated differences from each other. Her analysis culminates in a full examination of Chaucer's richly original response to the continental verse narratives from which he borrowed. No other study offers so full and careful a delineation of the compositional features that distinguish the roman antique from other forms of romance in the Middle Ages.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Benoît de Sainte-Maure's Roman de Troie and the compositional practices of the roman antique\u003cbr\u003e 2. Plaits, debates, and judgments in the Roman de Thèbes, the Roman de Troie and the Roman d'Eneas\u003cbr\u003e 3. The poetics of fine amor in the French romans antiques\u003cbr\u003e 4. From history into fiction: Boccaccio's Filostrato and the question of foolish love\u003cbr\u003e 5. Boccaccio's Teseida and the triumph of Aristotelian virtue\u003cbr\u003e 6. Saving the poetry: authors, translators, texts, and readers in Chaucer's Book of Troilus and Criseyde\u003cbr\u003e 7. The consolation of Stoic virtue: Chaucer's Knight's Tale and the tradition of the roman antique\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006278586648,"sku":"9780521051002","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521051002i_4c032507-1033-40da-8940-7cc5c066b573.jpg?v=1694968733","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/chaucer-and-the-tradition-of-the-roman-antique-paperback-9780521051002","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}