Chaucer and Dante: A Revaluation

Author / Editor
Schless, Howard H.

Title
Chaucer and Dante: A Revaluation

Published
Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1984.

Description
Evaluates Chaucer's indebtedness to Dante by examining ascriptions (indexed two ways). Considers aspects of Chaucer-Dante relationship within European setting. The younger Chaucer borrowed isolated lines and phrases from the "Comedy"; the mature Chaucer borrowed concepts as well as phrasing.

Chaucer Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.