The World at Play in Boccaccio's Decameron /
Mazzotta, Giuseppe
The World at Play in Boccaccio's Decameron / Giuseppe Mazzotta. - Course Book - 1 online resource (298 p.) - Princeton Legacy Library ; 381 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliographic Note -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Plague and Play -- 2. Marginality of Literature -- 3. Riddle of Values -- 4. Allegory and Pornography -- 5. The Heart of Love -- 6. The Comedy of Love -- 7. Games of Laughter -- 8. The Law and Its Transgressions -- 9. The Virtues: Ethics And Rhetoric -- Index -- Backmatter
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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691610870 9781400854189
10.1515/9781400854189 doi
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian.
PQ4287 -- M39 1986eb
853/.1
The World at Play in Boccaccio's Decameron / Giuseppe Mazzotta. - Course Book - 1 online resource (298 p.) - Princeton Legacy Library ; 381 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliographic Note -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Plague and Play -- 2. Marginality of Literature -- 3. Riddle of Values -- 4. Allegory and Pornography -- 5. The Heart of Love -- 6. The Comedy of Love -- 7. Games of Laughter -- 8. The Law and Its Transgressions -- 9. The Virtues: Ethics And Rhetoric -- Index -- Backmatter
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691610870 9781400854189
10.1515/9781400854189 doi
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian.
PQ4287 -- M39 1986eb
853/.1