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The Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective / ed. by David Lummus.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Toronto Italian StudiesPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2021]Copyright date: 2021Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781487508715
  • 9781487508692
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 853/.1 23
LOC classification:
  • PQ4287
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Tale of Madonna Oretta (VI.1) -- 2 The Tale of Cisti the Baker (VI.2) -- 3 The Tale of Nonna de’ Pulci (VI.3) -- 4 The Tale of Chichibio and the Crane (VI.4) -- 5 The Tale of Forese da Rabatta and Giotto (VI.5) -- 6 The Tale of Michele Scalza (VI.6) -- 7 The Tale of Madonna Filippa (VI.7) -- 8 The Tale of Cesca and the Mirror (VI.8) -- 9 The Tale of Cavalcanti’s Leap (VI.9) -- 10 The Tale of Frate Cipolla (VI.10) -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index
Summary: The Sixth Day of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron marks a new beginning. Its first story is the structural centre of the one hundred tales and signals the start of the day’s reflection on the power of the word as the fundamental building block of human communication. This collection gathers together readings of each of the ten stories in Day Six of the Decameron – the shortest of the entire work. Featuring a diverse group of literary scholars whose expertise is not limited to Boccaccio studies, the collection offers both comprehensive accounts of the tales and new interpretations of their significance. A major contribution to the study of the Decameron, it will also serve as an excellent starting point for new readers of Boccaccio’s masterpiece. The readings demonstrate how Boccaccio engaged in rethinking or elaborating on the heritage of Western literature and thought, including the Bible; the works of Dante; the Roman literary, rhetorical, and legal tradition; the writings of the Church Fathers; and the ideas of scholastic theologians. These lecturae employ a range of methodologies that account for both historical and theoretical issues in their engagement with Boccaccio's poetic and ethical project in the Decameron.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Tale of Madonna Oretta (VI.1) -- 2 The Tale of Cisti the Baker (VI.2) -- 3 The Tale of Nonna de’ Pulci (VI.3) -- 4 The Tale of Chichibio and the Crane (VI.4) -- 5 The Tale of Forese da Rabatta and Giotto (VI.5) -- 6 The Tale of Michele Scalza (VI.6) -- 7 The Tale of Madonna Filippa (VI.7) -- 8 The Tale of Cesca and the Mirror (VI.8) -- 9 The Tale of Cavalcanti’s Leap (VI.9) -- 10 The Tale of Frate Cipolla (VI.10) -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index

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The Sixth Day of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron marks a new beginning. Its first story is the structural centre of the one hundred tales and signals the start of the day’s reflection on the power of the word as the fundamental building block of human communication. This collection gathers together readings of each of the ten stories in Day Six of the Decameron – the shortest of the entire work. Featuring a diverse group of literary scholars whose expertise is not limited to Boccaccio studies, the collection offers both comprehensive accounts of the tales and new interpretations of their significance. A major contribution to the study of the Decameron, it will also serve as an excellent starting point for new readers of Boccaccio’s masterpiece. The readings demonstrate how Boccaccio engaged in rethinking or elaborating on the heritage of Western literature and thought, including the Bible; the works of Dante; the Roman literary, rhetorical, and legal tradition; the writings of the Church Fathers; and the ideas of scholastic theologians. These lecturae employ a range of methodologies that account for both historical and theoretical issues in their engagement with Boccaccio's poetic and ethical project in the Decameron.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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