| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Toronto Italian studies
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Toronto Italian studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Influence.
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. |
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. |
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. |
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Courtesy in literature.
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Courtesy in literature. |
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Chivalry in literature.
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Chivalry in literature. |
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Florence (Italy) -- History -- To 1421.
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| Chronological Term |
To 1421 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Olson, Kristina M., 1976-, author. Courtesy lost 9781442647077 (OCoLC)880237262 |
| ISBN |
9781442667181 (electronic book) |
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1442667184 (electronic book) |
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9781442647077 |
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1442647078 |
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