Boccaccio's Corpus : Allegory, Ethics, and Vernacularity /

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In Boccaccio's Corpus, James C. Kriesel explores how medieval ideas about the body and gender inspired Boccaccio's vernacular and Latin writings. Scholars have observed that Boccaccio distinguished himself from Dante and Petrarch by writing about women, erotic acts, and the sexualized body...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kriesel, James C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375 > Criticism and interpretation.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Italian.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Boccaccio's corpus: text and body
  • The allegory of the corpus: Genealogie deorum gentilium and scholarly works
  • The poetics of the corpus: Comedia delle ninfe fiorentine (Ameto)
  • The ethics of the corpus: Amorosa visione
  • The love of the corpus: Decameron
  • The hatred of the corpus: Corbaccio.

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