The Decameron Fourth Day in Perspective - Couverture rigide

Livre 36 sur 113: Toronto Italian Studies
 
9781487507473: The Decameron Fourth Day in Perspective
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 148750747X ISBN 13 : 9781487507473
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2020

Synopsis

This volume, part of the Lectura Boccaccii series organized by the American Boccaccio Association, offers close readings by top scholars of Day Four of the Decameron. As fans of the Decameron know, the Fourth Day opens with an important intervention in which the author defends his project against his critics, which coincides with a significant change in tone as the subject matter turns to stories with unhappy endings. The contributors approach the stories from a variety of perspectives, including the linguistic, philosophical, anthropological, and literary historical. These fresh readings of stories that are nearly seven hundred years old testify to the enduring power of Boccaccio's masterpiece to speak to new audiences and to find compelling relevance even at a great distance from its immediate medieval context.

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À propos de l?auteur

Michael Sherberg is a former president of the American Boccaccio Association, and erstwhile chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Washington University.

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Éditeur
University of Toronto Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
148750747X
ISBN 13 
9781487507473
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
232
Éditeur
Sherberg Michael
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