The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature, Vol. 1, 800–1558.
- Author / Editor
- Copeland, Rita, ed.
The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature, Vol. 1, 800–1558.
- Published
- Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Physical Description
- xi, 758 pp.
- Series
- The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature.
- Description
- Includes twenty-eight sections by various authors (four by Copeland) who address the impact of the classics on medieval and early modern English culture: education, mythology, historiography, moral philosophy, humanism, translations, individual authors, and more. References to Chaucer and most of his works recur throughout, with attention to his "engagement" with classical writers such as Boethius, Lucan, Ovid and "Ovidianism," Statius, and Virgil, as well as his depictions of Troy, Greece, and Rome, and discussion of his influence on later English classicism. The volume offers primary and secondary bibliographies as well as a comprehensive index. For an essay that pertains to Chaucer, search for The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature under Alternative Title.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion