Interpolated Lyric in Medieval Narrative Poetry

Author / Editor
Butterfield, Ardis.

Title
Interpolated Lyric in Medieval Narrative Poetry

Description
Ph.D. Dissertation. Cambridge University 1988.
Examines the ways lyrics are set into medieval narratives, the Old French tradition, and its importance to Chaucer in BD and TC. Considers Boccaccio's "Il Filostrato," his knowledge of the French tradition, and Chaucer's use of Boccaccio, as well as his use of Boethius in TC.

Chaucer Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.
Troilus and Criseyde.
Book of the Duchess.