The 'Cosa impossibile' of 'Il filocolo' and the 'Impossible' of 'The Franklin's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Burger, Douglas A.
The 'Cosa impossibile' of 'Il filocolo' and the 'Impossible' of 'The Franklin's Tale'
- Published
- Leigh A. Arrathoon, ed. Chaucer and the Craft of Fiction (Rochester, Mich.: Solaris Press, 1986), pp. 165-78.
- Description
- Compared with Boccaccio's "Il filocolo," Chaucer's innovations--evident in his treatment of the black rocks, the heroine, magic, and the love of Dorigen and Arveragus--create broader contexts: marital love, courtly love, magic,and the theme of impossibility.
- Alternative Title
- Chaucer and the Craft of Fiction.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Franklin and His Tale.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.