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Professor Wright’s objective is to see Boccaccio in relation to the personality of the writers to whom he appealed and simultaneously to observe the changing taste of successive ages as it was revealed by their choice among Bocccaccio’s writings. Boccaccio was also a Eurpoean literary phenomenon, and this study attempts to consider his fortunes on the Continent. In considering Chaucer’s relation to Boccaccio, the author examines Chaucer’s poems afresh, studying the Italian originals closely in order to ascertain the precise nature of the English adaptation or transformation. Various minor figures of English literature are also dealt with at some length due to the importance of Boccaccio’s influence on their work.
Herbert G. Wright is Professor Emeritus of the University of Wales.
Cue-titles and Abbreviations Introduction Chapter I. The Latin Works1. De casibus virorum illustrium2. De Claris mulieribus3. De genealogia deorumChapter II. The Minor Italian Works1. The Corbaccio, Ameto, and Amorosa Visione2. The Teseida3. The Filostrato4. The Filocolo 5. Fiammetta6. The Ninfale FiesolanoChapter III. The Decameron in the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Centuries1. Tales in Verse derived through French and Latin2. Tales in Verse derived from the Italian Text3. Tales in Prose based on the French or Italian4. Collections of Tales and Romances in Prose, derived from an unknown Source5. The Ballad6. The DramaChapter IV. The Decameron in the Seventeenth Century1. Collections of Tales in Prose and Verse2. Individual Tales in Prose and Verse3. The DramaChapter V. The Decameron in the Eighteenth Century1. Tales in Verse 2. Tales in Prose 3. The DramaChapter VI. The Decameron in the Nineteenth Century1. Comments on Boccaccio, more particularly on the Decameron2. Tales in Verse 3. The DramaConclusion Index
