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1 online resource (vi, 289 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Toronto Italian studies
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Lectura Boccacci ; volume 6
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Toronto Italian studies.
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Toronto Italian studies. Lectura Boccaccii ; v. 6.
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| Contents |
The Tale of Madonna Oretta (VI.1) / Teresa Kennedy -- The Tale of Cisti the Baker (VI.2) / Giulia Cardillo -- The Tale of Nonna de' Pulci (VI.3) / Guyda Armstrong -- The Tale of Chichibio and the Crane (VI.4) / James C. Kriesel -- The Tale of Forese da Rabatta and Giotto (VI.5) / Zygmunt G. Barański -- The Tale of Michele Scalza (VI.6) / Peter Carravetta -- The Tale of Madonna Filippa (VI.7) / Bernardo Piciché -- The Tale of Cesca and the Mirror (VI.8) / Aileen A. Feng -- The Tale of Cavalcanti's Leap (VI.9) / Maria Lettiero (translated by Nicole Gounalis) -- The Tale of Frate Cipolla (VI.10) / Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"The Sixth Day of Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron marks a new beginning. Its first story is the structural centre of the one hundred tales and signals the start of the day's reflection on the power of the word as the fundamental building block of human communication. This collection gathers together readings of each of the ten stories in Day Six of the Decameron--the shortest of the entire work. Featuring a diverse group of literary scholars whose expertise is not limited to Boccaccio studies, the collection offers both comprehensive accounts of the tales and new interpretations of their significance. A major contribution to the study of the Decameron, it will also serve as an excellent starting point for new readers of Boccaccio's masterpiece. The readings demonstrate how Boccaccio engaged in rethinking or elaborating on the heritage of Western literature and thought, including the Bible; the works of Dante; the Roman literary, rhetorical, and legal tradition; the writings of the Church Fathers; and the ideas of scholastic theologians. These lecturae employ a range of methodologies that account for both historical and theoretical issues in their engagement with Boccaccio's poetic and ethical project in the Decameron."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone.
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Decamerone (Boccaccio, Giovanni) |
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval. |
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Lummus, David, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Decameron sixth day in perspective. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2021 1487508719 9781487508715 (OCoLC)1223015897 |
| ISBN |
9781487508708 EPUB |
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1487508700 EPUB |
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9781487508692 electronic book |
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1487508697 electronic book |
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