Chaucer's Dante: Allegory and Epic Theater in the Canterbury Tales

Richard Neuse explores the relationship between Dante's Divine Comedy and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, highlighting their interest in presenting human characters on a stage, challenging the traditional medieval mode of allegory, and embodying a humanism not generally attributed to the fourteenth century.

Format: Hardback
Length: 308 pages
Publication date: 23 September 2022
Publisher: University of California Press

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Richard Neuse delves into the intricate relationship between two renowned medieval epics, Dante's Divine Comedy and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. He argues that Dante's fascination with Chaucer stemmed from more than just the spiritual realm of the Divine Comedy; rather, it was rooted in the human aspects. Neuse employs Bertolt Brecht's term "epic theater" to emphasize the shared interest of both poets in bringing forth flesh-and-blood characters that readers could recognize as both the authors and themselves. These poems serve as spiritual autobiographies, challenging the traditional medieval mode of allegory, which tended to separate the body and soul, matter, and spirit. Through his analysis, Neuse demonstrates that Chaucer and Dante embody a humanism that is often overlooked in the fourteenth century.

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Weight: 635g
Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780520373822