The World at Play in Boccaccio's Decameron

The World at Play in Boccaccio's Decameron
Author: Giuseppe Mazzotta
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2014-07-14
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1400854180

Giuseppe Mazzotta provides both a powerful framework for reading the Decameron and an important contribution to medieval and contemporary debates in esthetics. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Decameron

The Decameron
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 756
Release: 1998
Genre: Frame-stories
ISBN: 9780192836915

This new translation by Guido Waldman captures the exuberance and variety and tone of Boccaccio's masterpiece.

The Decameron

The Decameron
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Total Pages: 1040
Release: 2023-07-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

In the time of a devastating pandemic, seven women and three men withdraw to a country estate outside Florence to give themselves a diversion from the death around them. Once there, they decide to spend some time each day telling stories, each of the ten to tell one story each day. They do this for ten days, with a few other days of rest in between, resulting in the 100 stories of the Decameron. The Decameron was written after the Black Plague spread through Italy in 1348. Most of the tales did not originate with Boccaccio; some of them were centuries old already in his time, but Boccaccio imbued them all with his distinctive style. The stories run the gamut from tragedy to comedy, from lewd to inspiring, and sometimes all of those at once. They also provide a detailed picture of daily life in fourteenth-century Italy.

Stories from Quarantine

Stories from Quarantine
Author: The New York Times
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2022-03-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1982170816

"Previously published as The decameron project."

The Decameron

The Decameron
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2012-04-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0486149463

A group of escapees from plague-ridden Florence pass the time by telling tales of romance in this landmark of medieval literature. Features 25 of the original 100 stories. J. M. Rigg translation.

Boccaccio’s Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance

Boccaccio’s Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance
Author: M. Grudin
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2012-06-04
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1137056843

Boccaccio's Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance demonstrates that Boccaccio's puzzling masterpiece takes on organic consistency when viewed as an early modern adaptation of a pre-Christian, humanistic vision.

Petrarch and Boccaccio

Petrarch and Boccaccio
Author: Igor Candido
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2018-02-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3110419580

Die Buchreihe Mimesis präsentiert unter ihrem neuen Untertitel Romanische Literaturen der Welt ein innovatives und integrales Verständnis der Romania wie der Romanistik aus literaturwissenschaftlicher und kulturtheoretischer Perspektive. Sie trägt der Tatsache Rechnung, dass die faszinierende Entwicklung der romanischen Literaturen und Kulturen in Europa wie außerhalb Europas neue weltweite Dynamiken in Gang gesetzt hat, welche die großen Traditionen der Romania fortschreiben und auf neue Horizonte hin öffnen. In Mimesis kommt ein transareales, die europäische und die außereuropäische Welt romanischer Literaturen und Kulturen zusammendenkendes Verständnis der Romanistik zur Geltung, das über nationale wie disziplinäre Grenzziehungen hinweg die oft übersehenen Wechselwirkungen zwischen unterschiedlichen Traditions- und Entwicklungslinien in Europa und den Amerikas, in Afrika und Asien entfaltet. Im Archipel der Romanistik zeigt Mimesis auf, wie die dargestellte Wirklichkeit in den romanischen Literaturen der Welt die Tür zu einem vielsprachigen Kosmos verschiedenartiger Logiken öffnet.

The Decameron (International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

The Decameron (International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 475
Release: 2016-04-04
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0393614662

This volume presents fifty-five stories, newly translated, of the hundred novelle that comprise Boccaccio’s masterpiece. Winner of the 2014 PEN USA Literary Award for Translation This Norton Critical Edition includes: · Fifty-five judiciously chosen stories from Wayne A. Rebhorn’s translation of The Decameron. · Introductory materials and explanatory footnotes by Wayne A. Rebhorn, along with three maps. · Biographical works by Filippo Villani and Ludovico Dolce along with literary studies by Francesco Petrarca, Andreas Capellanus, and Boccaccio. · Eleven critical essays, including those by Giuseppe Mazzotta, Millicent Marcus, Teodolinda Barolini, Susanne L. Wofford, Luciano Rossi, and Richard Kuhns. · A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography.

Women, Enjoyment, and the Defense of Virtue in Boccaccio’s Decameron

Women, Enjoyment, and the Defense of Virtue in Boccaccio’s Decameron
Author: V. Ferme
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2015-06-04
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1137482818

Providing new ways of reading Boccaccio's masterpiece, Decameron , Ferme analyzes the dynamics between the women who rule the first half of the story. Peeling back the many narrative layers within and outside of the framework, this book unearths the complications and trickery surrounding gender and death in Boccaccio's world and culture.

Il Filocolo

Il Filocolo
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher: Scholarly Title
Total Pages: 528
Release: 1985
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: