The Decameron first day in perspective : volume one of the Lecturae Boccaccii /

Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron is the best known and most read work in Italian literature next to Dante's Divine Comedy. In the tradition of Lectura Dantis, the practice of story-by-story critical readings of Dante's work, Elissa Weaver has collected essays from some of the most promi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Outros autores: Weaver, Elissa B., 1940- (Editor)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2004.
Series:Toronto Italian studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Decameron proem / Robert Hollander
  • The place of the title (Decameron, day one, introduction) / Thomas C. Stillinger
  • The tale of Ser Ciappelletto (I.1) / Franco Fido
  • The tale of Abraham the Jew (I.2) / Marga Cottino-Jones
  • The tale of the three rings (I.3) / Pamela D. Stewart
  • The tale of the monk and his abbot (I.4) / Ronald Martinez
  • The tale of the marchioness of Monferrato (I.5) / Dante Della Terza
  • The tale of the inquisitor (I.6) / Janet Levarie Smarr
  • The tale of Bergamino (I.7) / Michelangelo Picone
  • The tale of Guigliemo Borsiere (I.8) / Victoria Kirkham
  • The tale of the king of Cyprus and the lady of Gascony (I.9) / Pier Massimo Forni
  • The tale of Maestro Alberto (I.10) / Millicent Marcus.