From: Medium Aevum | Date: March 22, 2002| Author: Mann, Jill | COPYRIGHT 2002 Society for the Study of Mediaeval Languages and Literature. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

(Madison, Wis.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London: Associated University Presses, 2000). 352 pp. ISBN 0-8386-3800-7. 42.50 [pounds sterling].

Chaucer's debt to Filostrato and the Teseida has long been generally acknowledged; this collection of essays addresses once again the more controversial question of his indebtedness to the Decameron. Koff's introduction suggests that the source of resistance to the idea that Chaucer was influenced by the Decameron lies i...