Chaucer and Italian Culture

Helen Fulton is professor of medieval literature in the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York.

• ContributorsIntroduction: Chaucer Imagines Italy- Helen Fulton1. Chaucerian Diplomacy - William Rossiter2. The Haunting of Geoffrey Chaucer: Dante, Boccaccio, and the Ghostly Poetics of the Trecento - James Robinson3. Chorography and Topography: Italian Models and Chaucerian Strategies - Helen Fulton4. Vision and Touch in Dante and Chaucer - Robert S. Sturges5. The Aesthetics of 'Wawes Grene': Planets, Painting, and Politics in Chaucer's Knight's Tale - Andrew James Johnston6. The Prophetic Eagle in Italy, England, and Wales: Dante, Chaucer, and Insular Political Poetry- Victoria Flood7. 'Trophee' and Triumph in the Monk's Tale - Leah Schwebel8. From Imitation to Invention: Chaucer's Journey from House of Fame to the Nun's Priest's Tale - Teresa A. KennedyBibliographyIndex

“The eight essays in this volume reinvigorate the study of Chaucer’s reception and representation of Italian culture by reconceptualizing the ways in which we might approach his work. Chaucer’s relation to Petrarch gains depth and nuance . . . and his acquaintance with developments in Italian painting casts new light on both his political engagements and his interaction with Boccaccio’s works. Chaucer and Italian Culture is a book anyone interested in cross-cultural translation will want to read.”