Boccaccio's naked muse : eros, culture, and the mythopoeic imagination /

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"Boccaccio's Naked Muse examines a writer who cast himself as the apostle of a new humanistic faith, one that would honour God by exalting his creation. In this study, Tobias Foster Gittes argues that Boccaccio did not simply reproduce Golden Age schemes in his works, but rather subtly alt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gittes, Tobias Foster
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Latín
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2008
Colección:Toronto Italian studies.
Temas:
Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375 > Criticism and interpretation.
Boccace, > 1313-1375 > Critique et interprétation.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375
Boccaccio, Giovanni > 1313-1375
Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375 > analys och tolkning.
Boccaccio, Giovanni.
Myth in literature.
Culture in literature.
Mythe dans la littérature.
Culture dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Italian.
Culture in literature
Myth in literature
Mythos
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Boccaccio's Naked Muse examines a writer who cast himself as the apostle of a new humanistic faith, one that would honour God by exalting his creation. In this study, Tobias Foster Gittes argues that Boccaccio did not simply reproduce Golden Age schemes in his works, but rather subtly altered and adapted them to produce a model of human beatitude more suited to his conviction that cultural achievement and human dignity are indissolubly linked."--Jacket.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 369 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-346) and index.
ISBN:9781442687462
1442687460

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