The Decameron Eighth Day in Perspective (8) - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1487506902 ISBN 13 : 9781487506902

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2020

Synopsis

Divided into ten days of ten novellas each, Boccaccio's Decameron is one of the literary gems of the fourteenth century. The Decameron Eighth Day in Perspective is an interpretive guide to the stories of the text's Day Eight - a day dedicated to tales of tricks and practical jokes. By drawing on literary precursors such as fabliaux, epic, philosophy, exempla, Dante's Commedia, and scripture, and by meditating on the dynamics of civic engagement in fourteenth-century Florence, Boccaccio develops in these stories of jests a self-consciously literary representation of the Florentine social imaginary.

The essays in this volume, all written by prominent scholars, survey previous scholarship and open up new cultural and historical perspectives on Boccaccio's sophisticated art of storytelling. They analyze both the literary sources that Boccaccio's comic narratives transform, as well as the political, legal, and ethical contexts with which they engage. Each contributor tackles a single tale, yet their essays also register major themes and concerns that recur throughout Day Eight, allowing for close connections among the essays.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

William Robins is president of Victoria University and associate professor of English and Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1487506902
• ISBN 13: 9781487506902
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 296
• Éditeur: Robins William
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