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This volume in a new series of critical introductions to key literary and cultural topics from Old English to the 17th century surveys Italian literature's influence on English writers during the three centuries between Dante and Shakespeare. It examines Chaucer's relationship with Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, and looks at similar relationships in areas such as lyric education, the epic, and the pastoral drama. It concludes with a discussion of Shakespeare's use of material from and about Italy. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
