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The Sixth Day of Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron marks a new beginning. Its first story is the structural centre of the one hundred tales and signals the start of the day's reflection on the power of the word as the fundamental building block of human communication. This collection gathers...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Armstrong, Guyda (Contribuidor), Barański, Zygmunt G. (Contribuidor), Cardillo, Giulia (Contribuidor), Carravetta, Peter (Contribuidor), Cuilleanáin, Cormac Ó. (Contribuidor), Feng, Aileen A. (Contribuidor), Kennedy, Teresa (Contribuidor), Kriesel, James C. (Contribuidor), Lettiero, Maria (Contribuidor), Lummus, David (Editor , Contribuidor), Piciché, Bernardo (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2021]
Colección:Toronto Italian Studies
Temas:
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval.
Day 6.
Decameron.
Giotto.
Giovanni Boccaccio.
Guido Cavalcanti.
Medieval Italian novella.
Motto.
Tale of Madonna.
lecturae.
medieval short story.
plague.
quarantine.
short story collections.
storytelling.
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Sumario:The Sixth Day of Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron marks a new beginning. Its first story is the structural centre of the one hundred tales and signals the start of the day's reflection on the power of the word as the fundamental building block of human communication. This collection gathers together readings of each of the ten stories in Day Six of the Decameron - the shortest of the entire work. Featuring a diverse group of literary scholars whose expertise is not limited to Boccaccio studies, the collection offers both comprehensive accounts of the tales and new interpretations of their significance. A major contribution to the study of the Decameron, it will also serve as an excellent starting point for new readers of Boccaccio's masterpiece. The readings demonstrate how Boccaccio engaged in rethinking or elaborating on the heritage of Western literature and thought, including the Bible; the works of Dante; the Roman literary, rhetorical, and legal tradition; the writings of the Church Fathers; and the ideas of scholastic theologians. These lecturae employ a range of methodologies that account for both historical and theoretical issues in their engagement with Boccaccio's poetic and ethical project in the Decameron.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (296 p.)
ISBN:9781487508692
9783110754001
9783110753776
9783110754124
9783110753899
9783110739220
Acceso:restricted access

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