Muses and Blacksmiths: Italian Trecento Poetics and the Reception of Dante in 'The House of Fame'

Author / Editor
Havely, Nicholas R.

Title
Muses and Blacksmiths: Italian Trecento Poetics and the Reception of Dante in 'The House of Fame'

Published
A. J. Minnis, Charlotte C. Morse, and Thorlac Turville-Petre, eds. Essays on Ricardian Literature: In Honour of J. A. Burrow (Oxford: Clarendon, 1997), pp. 61-81.

Description
The Dantean aspects of HF, especially its invocations, not only recall the "Divine Comedy" but also reflect contemporary Italian reception and performance of Dante's masterpiece.

Alternative Title
Essays on Ricardian Literature: In Honour of J. A. Burrow.

Chaucer Subjects
House of Fame.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.