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Courtesy lost : Dante, Boccaccio, and the literature of history /

In Courtesy Lost, Kristina M. Olson analyses the literary impact of the social, political, and economic transformations of the fourteenth century through an exploration of Dante's literary and political influence on Boccaccio.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Olson, Kristina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014.
Colección:Toronto Italian studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. "Fateci dipignere la Cortesia": Historicizing cortesia
  • 1 Boccaccio's History of cortesia: The Incivility and Greed of the Elite
  • 2 Boccaccio's Politics of cortesia: Narrating the Elite and the gente nuova
  • 3 The Ethical (and Dantean) Framework of the Decameron: The Avarice of Clerics and Merchants
  • 4 Constructing a Future for cortesia in the Past: Virility, Nobility, and the History of the Guelphs and the Ghibellines.