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Boccaccio : a critical guide to the complete works
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- Creator
- edited by Victoria Kirkham, Michael Sherberg, and Janet Levarie Smarr
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- English
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- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013
- Physical Details
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- xix, 555 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780226079189, 022607918X, 9780226079219, 022607921X
- OCLC
- ocn851175501
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronology of Boccaccio's life and works / Victoria Kirkham -- Introduction: a man of many turns / Janet Levarie Smarr -- Part I. The Vernacular Aaster: 1. Also known as "Prencipe Galeotto" (Decameron) / Ronald L. Martinez; 2. The textual history of the Decameron / Brian Richardson -- Part II. The Autodidact: 3. Moments of Latin poetry (Carmina) / Giuseppe Velli; 4. A fable of the world's creation and Phaeton's fall (Allegoria mitologica) / Steven M. Grossvogel; 5. A portrait of a young humanist (Epistolae 1-4) / Jason Houston -- Part III. Classical Romances: 6. Love-struck in Naples (Filostrato) / David Wallace; 7. A lovers' tale and auspicious beginning (Filocolo) / Elissa Weaver; 8. The girl outside the window (Teseida delle nozze d'Emilia) / Michael Sherberg -- Part IV. Allegorical Terza Rima: 9. The game of love (Caccia di Diana) / Arielle Saiber; 10. Mural morality in Tableaux vivants (Aamorosa visione) / Jonathan Usher -- Part V. New Pastorals: 11. On the threshold of paradise (Comedia delle ninfe fiorentine, or Ameto) / Jane Tylus; 12. Myth and history: toward a new order (Ninfale fiesolano) / Susanna Barsella; 13. The changing landscape of the self (Buccolicum carmen) / David Lummus -- Part VI. Woman and Women: 14. An experiment in the healing power of literature (Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta) / Annelise M. Brody; 15. Rhetoric and invective in love's labyrinth (Il corbaccio) / Letizia Panizza; 16. Doing and undoing: Boccaccio's feminism (De mulieribus claris) / Deanna Shemek -- Part VII. Devotion to Dante and Petrarch: 17. A life in progress (De vita et moribus Francisci Petracchi de Florentia) / Giuseppe Mazzotta; 18. To praise Dante, to please Petrarch (Trattatello in laude di Dante) / Elsa Filosa; 19. Boccaccio's divided allegiance (Esposizioni sopra la "comedia") / Robert Hollander -- Part VIII. Historian and Humanist: 20.. Gods, greeks, and poetry (Genealogia deorum gentilium) / Jon Solomon; 21. Boccaccio on fortune (De casibus virorum illustrium) / Simone Marchesi; 22. ;Vernacularization in context (Volgarizzamenti of Livy, Valerius Maximus, and Ovid) / Alison Cornish -- Part IX. Geographical Explorations: 23. Boccaccio's humanistic ethnography (De canaria) / James L. Coleman; 24. Between text and territory (De montibus, silvis, fontibus, lacubus, fluminibus, stagnis seu paludibus et de diversis nominibus maris) / Theodore J. Cachey Jr -- Part X. Miscellanies: Lyrics, Letters, Notebooks: 25. Pathways through the lyric forest (Rime) / Roberto Fedi; 26. Personality and conflict (Epistole, lettere) / Todd Boli; 27. Boccaccio's working notebooks (Zibaldone laurenziano, miscellanea laurenziana, Zibaldone magliabechiano) / Claude Cazalé-Bérard -- Part XI. Epilogue: 28. A visual legacy (Boccaccio as artist) / Victoria kirkham; 29. An intimate self-portrait (Testamentum) / Michael Papio
- Chronology of Boccaccio's life and works / Victoria Kirkham -- Introduction: a man of many turns / Janet Levarie Smarr -- The vernacular master. Also known as "Prencipe Galeotto" (Decameron) / Ronald L. Martinez ; The textual history of the Decameron / Brian Richardson -- The autodidact. Moments of Latin poetry (Carmina) / Giuseppe Velli ; A fable of the world's creation and Phaeton's fall (Allegoria mitologica) / Steven M. Grossvogel ; A portrait of a young humanist (Epistolae 1-4) / Jason Houston -- Classical romances. Love-struck in Naples (Filostrato) / David Wallace ; A lovers' tale and auspicious beginning (Filocolo) / Elissa Weaver ; The girl outside the window (Teseida delle nozze d'Emilia) / Michael Sherberg -- Allegorical terza rima. The game of love (Caccia di Diana) / Arielle Saiber ; Mural morality in Tableaux vivants (Aamorosa visione) / Jonathan Usher -- New pastorals. On the threshold of paradise (Comedia delle ninfe fiorentine, or Ameto) / Jane Tylus ; Myth and history: toward a new order (Ninfale fiesolano) / Susanna Barsella ; The changing landscape of the self (Buccolicum carmen) / David Lummus -- Woman and women. An experiment in the healing power of literature (Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta) / Annelise M. Brody ; Rhetoric and invective in love's labyrinth (Il corbaccio) / Letizia Panizza ; Doing and undoing: Boccaccio's feminism (De mulieribus claris) / Deanna Shemek -- Devotion to Dante and Petrarch. A life in progress (De vita et moribus Francisci Petracchi de Florentia) / Giuseppe Mazzotta -- To praise Dante, to please Petrarch (Trattatello in laude di Dante) / Elsa Filosa ; Boccaccio's divided allegiance (Esposizioni sopra la "comedia") / Robert Hollander -- Historian and humanist. Gods, greeks, and poetry (Genealogia deorum gentilium) / Jon Solomon ; Boccaccio on fortune (De casibus virorum illustrium) / Simone Marchesi -;Vernacularization in context (Volgarizzamenti of Livy, Valerius Maximus, and Ovid) / Alison Cornish -- Geographical explorations. Boccaccio's humanistic ethnography (De canaria) / James L. Coleman ; Between text and territory (De montibus, silvis, fontibus, lacubus, fluminibus, stagnis -- Seu paludibus et de diversis nominibus maris) / Theodore J. Cachey Jr -- Miscellanies: lyrics, letters, notebooks. Pathways through the lyric forest (Rime) / Roberto Fedi ; Personality and conflict (Epistole, lettere) / Todd Boli ; Boccaccio's working notebooks (Zibaldone laurenziano, miscellanea laurenziana -- Zibaldone magliabechiano) / Claude Cazalé-Bérard -- Epilogue -- A visual legacy (Boccaccio as artist) / Victoria kirkham -- An intimate self-portrait (Testamentum) / Michael Papio