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Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Stories for an Uncertain World : Agency in the Decameron and the Canterbury Tales /

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A comparative study of Boccaccio's Decameron and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales that explores the differences and similarities between the worlds that are portrayed by each text, with a focus on the strategies and limits of personal agency, and the significance and social dynamics of story-tel...

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Main Author: Hanning, Robert W. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies in medieval literature and culture.
Subjects:
Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375. > Decamerone.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. > Canterbury tales.
Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
Decamerone (Boccaccio, Giovanni)
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Agent (Philosophy) in literature.
Uncertainty in literature.
Storytelling in literature.
Littérature médiévale > Histoire et critique.
Agent (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Incertitude dans la littérature.
Art de conter dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
Drama.
Agent (Philosophy) in literature
Literature, Medieval
Storytelling in literature
Uncertainty in literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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