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Professor Morsbach (Englische Studien, xxxxii. Pp. 43-82) ascribes the plan of the Canterbury Tales to Boccaccio's influence. Mr. Robert R. Root (Englische Studien, xxxxiv. Pp. 1-17) admits Morsbach's point of view as regards the general plan, but does not believe in an imitation of the Tales, in particular of the Enchanted Garden. Consult also Professor Schofield's learned article on Chaucer's Franklin's Tale (Publ. Of the Mod. Lang. Assoc. Of America, vol. Xvi. No. 3).
CHAUCER AND ITALY 119 g...lory; the book was too openly licentious, and Boccaccio himself had to make excuses for it rather than be proud of it.
Now Boccaccio's fame about the year 1372 rested chiefly on his claims as a humanist and as a poet. Chaucer's indebtedness to him, as an interpreter of ancient history and mythology, is not inconsiderable, for he owed him the idea, and even several passages of, those " tragedies " which compose his Monk's 1 ale. It was the De Casibus Virum Illustrium he used; from it he borrowed several of the " tragedies " related by Boccaccio in Latin prose Adam, Samson, Balthazar, Zenobia, Nero, Crcesus and turned them into short poems of eight line stanzas.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Professor Morsbach (Englische Studien, xxxxii. Pp. 43-82) ascribes the plan of the Canterbury Tales to Boccaccio's influence. Mr. Robert R. Root (Englische Studien, xxxxiv. Pp. 1-17) admits Morsbach's point of view as regards the general plan, but does not believe in an imitation of the Tales, in particular of the Enchanted Garden. Consult also Professor Schofield's learned article on Chaucer's Franklin's Tale (Publ. Of the Mod. Lang. Assoc. Of America, vol. Xvi. No. 3).
CHAUCER AND ITALY 119 g...lory; the book was too openly licentious, and Boccaccio himself had to make excuses for it rather than be proud of it.
Now Boccaccio's fame about the year 1372 rested chiefly on his claims as a humanist and as a poet. Chaucer's indebtedness to him, as an interpreter of ancient history and mythology, is not inconsiderable, for he owed him the idea, and even several passages of, those " tragedies " which compose his Monk's 1 ale. It was the De Casibus Virum Illustrium he used; from it he borrowed several of the " tragedies " related by Boccaccio in Latin prose Adam, Samson, Balthazar, Zenobia, Nero, Crcesus and turned them into short poems of eight line stanzas.
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