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University of Pennsylvania Press
MIDDLE AGES SERIES
Edited by
EDWARD PETERS
Henry Charles Lea Professor of Medieval History
University of Pennsylvania

A complete listing of the books in this series
appears at the back of this volume

FRONTISPIECE : A later fourteenth-century Italian copy of the Thebaid, with
glosses and a historiated F, in "Fraternas aties," representing the subject of frater-
nal strife. Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Vat. lat. 1615, detail
from fol. 1r

Copyright รพ 1988 by the University of Pennsylvania Press
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Anderson David, 1952-
Before the knight's tale: imitation of classical epic in
Boccaccio's Teseida/ David Anderson.

p. cm. -- (Middle Ages series)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8122-8108-X

1. Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Teseide. 2. Chaucer,
Geoffrey, d. 1400 -- Criticism and interpretation. 3. Boccaccio,
Giovanni, 1313-1375 -- Influence -- Chaucer. 4. Statius, P.
Papinius ( Publius Papinius). Thebaid. 5. Boccaccio, Giovanni,
1313-1375. Teseide -- Sources. 6. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Knight's tale -- Sources. I. Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Teseide. II. Title. III. Series.

PQ4270.T43A54 1988 88-4739

851'.1-dc19 CIP

-iv-

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Publication Information: Book Title: Before the Knight's Tale: Imitation of Classical Epic in Boccaccio's Teseida. Contributors: David Anderson - author. Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press. Place of Publication: Philadelphia. Publication Year: 1988. Page Number: iv.
    
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