Chaucer's Troylus and Cryseyde (from the Harl. ms. 3943) compared with Boccaccio's Filostrato
tr. by Wm. Michael Rosetti.

Description

Main Author

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400

Related Names

Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919, ed. and tr.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Chaucer Society (London, England)

Language(s)

English ; English, Middle (1100-1500) ; Italian

Published

London, Pub. for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner & Co., 1873[-83]

Subjects

Trojan War > Trojan War / Poetry
Princes > Princes / Turkey > Princes / Turkey / Troy (Extinct city) > Princes / Turkey / Troy (Extinct city) / Poetry.
Troilus (Legendary character) > Troilus (Legendary character) / Poetry
Poetry

Note

"Something less than a third of the Troylus is taken direct from the Filostrato."--Pref. p. iii.
The translation of Boccaccio and Chaucer's text are printed in parallel columns. "Those lines ... that Chaucer translated or adapted are englisht here: those which Chaucer did not use ... are only summarized.
On verso of t.-p.: Second series, 9. [!] Perhaps the t.-p. is a preliminary one, later discarded.
Issued in 2 parts, 1875-83.

Physical Description

xi, 301 p. 23 x 29 cm.

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