Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio, and Guido Cavalcanti were three contemporary Italian writers who influenced Geoffrey Chaucer. Chaucer's works show signs of their influence through themes, narrative structures, and stylistic elements borrowed from their writings.
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343? - October 25, 1400) was influenced by two great Italian authors whose lifetimes overlapped with his: Giovanni Boccaccio (1313? - July 19, 1374) and Francesco Petrarca (July 20, 1304 - July 19, 1374). He additionally was influenced by a great Italian author whose post-humous impact never has stopped on the world's writers: Dante Alighieri (1265 - September 14, 1321).
In Chaucer's time, Middle English was the language spoken in England. It was a transitioning period between Old English and Modern English, and during this time, English was heavily influenced by French due to the Norman Conquest.
Francesco Petrarca, also known as Petrarch, is often referred to as the father of Italian Humanism. He was a poet, scholar, and one of the earliest humanists, known for his writings that promoted the revival of classical learning and a focus on individualism.
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Dante Alighieri, Geoffrey Chaucer, Anthony Burgess
Chaucer wrote in English, and Dante wrote in Italian, although both were working with older versions than we have now. Chaucer was writing in what they call "Middle English," which is often hard for modern speakers to understand. Dante's Divine Comedy was written in the Tuscan dialect, which was significant at the time because most people were writing poetry in Latin, and writing in other, "lesser" languages was considered uncool. :)
Chaucer wrote in English, and Dante wrote in Italian, although both were working with older versions than we have now. Chaucer was writing in what they call "Middle English," which is often hard for modern speakers to understand. Dante's Divine Comedy was written in the Tuscan dialect, which was significant at the time because most people were writing poetry in Latin, and writing in other, "lesser" languages was considered uncool. :)
He was influenced by the Italian Art and his apprentice Francisco Pacheco's
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Some famous artists of contemporary Italian art are Enrico Accatino, Mino Argento, Marino Marini, Mario Ceroli, Domenico Gnoli, and Salvatore Provino.
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The Roman influenced languages are what are called the romance languages. They are Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Romanian.
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