TY  - GEN
T1  - The Decameron eighth day in perspective : volume eight of the Lectura Boccacci
T2  - Toronto Italian studies.
T2  - Toronto Italian studies. Lectura Boccaccii ;
A2  - Robins, William Randolph, 1964-
LA  - English
PP  - Toronto ; Buffalo ; London
PB  - University of Toronto Press
YR  - 2020
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1144494083
AB  - "Divided into ten days of ten novellas each, Boccaccio's Decameron is one of the literary gems of the fourteenth century. The Decameron Eighth Day in Perspective is an interpretive guide to the stories of the text's Day Eight - a day dedicated to tales of tricks and practical jokes. By drawing on literary precursors such as fabliaux, epic, philosophy, exempla, Dante's Commedia, and scripture, and by meditating on the dynamics of civic engagement in fourteenth-century Florence, Boccaccio develops in these stories of jests a self-consciously literary representation of the Florentine social imaginary. The essays in this volume, all written by prominent scholars, survey previous scholarship and open up new cultural and historical perspectives on Boccaccio's sophisticated art of storytelling. They analyze both the literary sources that Boccaccio's comic narratives transform, as well as the political, legal, and ethical contexts with which they engage. Each contributor tackles a single tale, yet their essays also register major themes and concerns that recur throughout Day Eight, allowing for close connections among the essays."--
OP  - 284
CN  - PQ4287 .D428 2020
SN  - 9781487535124
SN  - 1487535120
SN  - 9781487535131
SN  - 1487535139
SN  - 1487506902
SN  - 9781487506902
KW  - Boccaccio, Giovanni, : 1313-1375. : Decamerone.
KW  - Decamerone (Boccaccio, Giovanni)
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian
ER  -