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The World at Play in Boccaccio's Decameron / Giuseppe Mazzotta.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 381Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1986Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (298 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691610870
  • 9781400854189
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 853/.1
LOC classification:
  • PQ4287 -- M39 1986eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781400854189

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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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