Chaucer and Italian textuality [electronic resource] / K.P. Clarke. Clarke, Kenneth Patrick, 1977- Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 Criticism and interpretation. Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 Influence. English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 Italian influences. Italian literature Appreciation England History To 1500. PR1874 821.1 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. K.P. Clarke explores how Chaucer's work was affected by the tradition of commentary on or glossing of vernacular poetry, and how this context affected the layout and therefore the reading of texts within specific manuscripts. He seeks to understand Chaucer's Italian sources, as they were read by Chaucer himself. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource (viii, 234 p.). http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199607778.001.0001 eng Oxford English monographs Oxford English monographs. England