{"product_id":"chaucers-dante-allegory-and-epic-theater-in-the-canterbury-tales-paperback","title":"Chaucer's Dante: Allegory and Epic Theater in the Canterbury Tales - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Neuse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Neuse here explores the relationship between two great medieval epics, Dante's \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e and Chaucer's \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. He argues that Dante's attraction for Chaucer lay not so much in the spiritual dimension of the \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e as in the human. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Borrowing Bertolt Brecht's phrase \"epic theater,\" Neuse underscores the interest of both poets in presenting, as on a stage, flesh and blood characters in which readers would recognize the authors as well as themselves. As spiritual autobiography, both poems challenge the traditional medieval mode of allegory, with its tendency to separate body and soul, matter and spirit. Thus Neuse demonstrates that Chaucer and Dante embody a humanism not generally attributed to the fourteenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1991.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most compelling demonstration to date of the role of the \u003ci\u003eComedy\u003c\/i\u003e in the \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e.--R. A. Shoaf, author of \u003ci\u003eDante, Chaucer, and the Currency of the Word\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Just about every chapter provides a reassessment of an important Chaucerian problem.\"--Winthrop Wetherbee, author of \u003ci\u003eChaucer and the Poets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Neuse\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42121596305543,"sku":"9780520348738","price":89.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/36288242dc46d153d6e1bbdff4cd9942.webp?v=1732554649","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/chaucers-dante-allegory-and-epic-theater-in-the-canterbury-tales-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}