Filostrato
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Filostrato is a narrative poem by Giovanni Boccaccio that retells the tragic love story of Troilus and Criseyde, serving as a key source for later adaptations such as Chaucer’s version.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian poem
ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | classical Trojan War material ⓘ |
| author |
Boccaccio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Giovanni Boccaccio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorBirthplace | Certaldo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Italian ⓘ |
| authorOtherWorks |
Decameron
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Teseida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Troilus and Criseyde legend ⓘ |
| character | Pandaro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole | Pandaro as go-between in the love affair ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| genre |
courtly love literature
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romance ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist |
Criseida
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Troilo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | The Love-stricken NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
English medieval romance tradition
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Troilus and Criseyde (Geoffrey Chaucer) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageVariant | Tuscan Italian ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poem in ottava rima ⓘ |
| literaryInfluenceOn | Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Italian early Renaissance ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | medieval courtly romance ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Criseida
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Troilo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metricForm | ottava rima stanzas ⓘ |
| movement | Italian Trecento literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeType | love narrative set against war background ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| partOf | Boccaccio’s early poetic works ⓘ |
| period | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | divided into cantos ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | love affair of Troilus and Criseida during the Trojan War ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
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fate and fortune ⓘ tragic love ⓘ war and love ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 14th century ⓘ |
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