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B O C C A C C IO IN E N G L A ND Bloomsbury Academic Collections: English Literary Criticism This carefully chosen selection of 56 classic works of literary criticism comes from the archives of Athlone Press, one of the most distinguished publishers of English criticism in the period 1950-2000. The volumes in the collection cover all periods and styles of literary criticism, from Beowulf to Pinter, and include works of literary theory as well as studies of specific periods, writers or works. Authors include Herbert Grierson, Barbara Hardy, Christopher Norris, George Kane, EMW Tillyard, Patricia Ball, Geoffrey Tillotson, David Holbrook, and John Sutherland. All titles are issued in cased bindings as complete facsimile editions; ebook versions are also available. Titles in English Literary Criticism are available in the following subsets: English Literary Criticism: General Theory and History English Literary Criticism: Pre-1700 English Literary Criticism: 18th-19th Centuries English Literary Criticism: 20th Century Other titles available in English Literary Criticism: General Theory and History include: A Critical History of English Poetry, Herbert Grierson and J. C. Smith Boccaccio in England: From Chaucer to Tennyson, Herbert G. Wright. Fiction and the Fiction Industry, J. A. Sutherland Librarianship and Literature: Essays in Honour of Jack Pafford, Edited by A. T. Milne Tellers and Listeners: The Narrative Imagination, Barbara Hardy The Advantage of Lyric: Essays on Feeling in Poetry, Barbara Hardy The Appropriate Form: An Essay on the Novel, Barbara Hardy The Fable as Literature, H. J. Blackham The Making of the Modern Canon: Genesis and Crisis of a Literary Idea, Jan Gorak The Story-shaped World: Fiction and Metaphysics, Some Variations on a Theme, Brian Wicker William Empson and the Philosophy of Literary Criticism, C. C. Norris B O C C A C C IO IN E N G L A ND From Chaucer to Tennyson Herbert G. Wright BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC COLLECTIONS English Literary Criticism - General Theory and History B L O O M S B U RY LONDON • NEW DELHI • NEW YORK • SYDNEY Bloomsbury Academic An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Pic 50 Bedford Square 1385 Broadway London New York WC1B 3DP NY 10018 UK USA www.bloomsbury.com Bloomsbury is a registered trade mark of Bloomsbury Publishing Pic First published in 1957 This edition published in 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing pic © Herbert G. Wright, 2013 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Herbert G. Wright has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Author of this work. No responsibility for loss caused to any individual or organization acting on or refraining from action as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by Bloomsbury Academic or the author. Bloomsbury Academic Collections ISSN 2051-0012 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: 9781472507341 (Hardback) ISBN: 9781472511041 (ePDF) ISBN: 9781472536129 (Bloomsbury Academic Collections: English Literary Criticism — General Theory and History) Entire Collection ISBN: 9781472535412 (Bloomsbury Academic Collections: English Literary Criticism) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Printed and bound in Great Britain BOCCACCIO IN ENGLAND from Chaucer to Tennyson This page intentionally left blank BOCCACCIO IN ENGLAND from Chaucer to Tennyson HERBERT G. WRIGHT Professor Emeritus of the University- of Wales, now of the University of Basle UNIVERSITY OF LONDON THE ATHLONE PRESS 1957 Published by THE ATHLONE PRESS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON at 2 Gower Street, London, W.C.i Distributed by Constable & Co. Ltd 12 Orange Street, London, W.C.2 Canada University of Toronto Press Toronto, 5 U.S.A. Essential Books Inc. Fair Lawn, New Jersey Printed in Great Britain by WESTERN PRINTING SERVICES LTD BRISTOL To my Dear Wife but for whom this book would never have been completed
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