Chaucer's 'Troilus,' Boccaccio's 'Filostrato,' and the Poetics of Closure

Author / Editor
Dean, James.

Title
Chaucer's 'Troilus,' Boccaccio's 'Filostrato,' and the Poetics of Closure

Published
Philological Quarterly 64 (1985): 175-84.

Description
Chaucer alters Boccaccio's antifeminism and practical conclusion to "Il Filostrato" to emphasize contempt of the world and poetry.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.