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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gittes, Tobias Foster
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Italiano
Latín
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2008
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Boccaccio, Giovanni.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375 > analys och tolkning.
Boccaccio, Giovanni > 1313-1375
Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375.
Boccace, > 1313-1375 > Critique et interpretation.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375 > Criticism and interpretation.
mythos
Myth in literature.
Culture in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Italian.
Culture dans la litterature.
Mythe dans la litterature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (370 pages).
ISBN:9781442687462

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