Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
4. 1 Introductory Matters 1
5. 2 The Comic Inheritance of Boccaccio and Chaucer 20
6. 3 Parallel Comic Tales in the Decameron and the Canterbury Tales 38
7. 4 Antifraternal Satire in Boccaccio and Chaucer 72
8. 5 Adding Comedy: Boccaccio’s Filostrato and Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde 101
9. Conclusion 129
10. Bibliography 135
11. Index 147