The World at Play in Boccaccio's Decameron
The World at Play in Boccaccio's Decameron

Author: Giuseppe Mazzotta

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1400854180

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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

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 756

ISBN-13: 9780192836915

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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

Published: 2023-07-07

Total Pages: 1040

ISBN-13:

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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

Published: 2022-03-22

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1982170816

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"Previously published as The decameron project."

Boccaccio’s Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance
Boccaccio’s Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance

Author: M. Grudin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-06-04

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1137056843

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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.

The Decameron
The Decameron

Author: Giovanni Boccaccio

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-04-30

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0486149463

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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.

Petrarch and Boccaccio
Petrarch and Boccaccio

Author: Igor Candido

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2018-02-19

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 3110419580

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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

Published: 2016-04-04

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 0393614662

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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

Published: 2015-06-04

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1137482818

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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.