Decameron

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9791041804757

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The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

In the time of a devastating pandemic, seven women and three men withdraw to a country estate outside Florence to give themselves a diversion from the death around them. Once there, they decide to spend some time each day telling stories, each of the ten to tell one story each day. They do this for ten days, with a few other days of rest in between, resulting in the 100 stories of the Decameron. The Decameron was written after the Black Plague spread through Italy in 1348. Most of the tales did not originate with Boccaccio; some of them were centuries old already in his time, but Boccaccio imbued them all with his distinctive style. The stories run the gamut from tragedy to comedy, from lewd to inspiring, and sometimes all of those at once. They also provide a detailed picture of daily life in fourteenth-century Italy.

Author : Robert Alistair Bartley Gordon Hastings
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0719012813

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Nature and Reason in the Decameron by Robert Alistair Bartley Gordon Hastings Pdf

Author : Simone Marchesi,Susanna Barsella
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781487540517

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The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective by Simone Marchesi,Susanna Barsella Pdf

The Ninth Day of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron is significant both for numerological and structural reasons. Whether we consider the Decameron as reproducing an itinerary toward the attainment of virtue or following other possible interpretive schematics, Day Nine remains a liminal moment of pause before the inception of the final stories dedicated to the highest civic virtues of liberality and magnificence. This collection is comprised of extensive and rigorous essays by leading experts in the field of Boccaccio studies and medieval literature, shedding new critical light on the Ninth Day. The volume incorporates a multitude of disciplinary perspectives including literary studies, visual arts, political history, and gender studies. Taking a holistic approach, the contributors to the volume trace the dense and multi-layered web of interrelations between the narrative units and the rest of the Decameron. Connections between individual stories are highlighted and interactions between Day Nine and its counterparts in the book are analysed. In doing so, The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective synthesizes existing scholarship but also opens up new horizons for future work.

Author : The New York Times
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982170813

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Stories from Quarantine by The New York Times Pdf

"Previously published as The decameron project."

Author : David Lummus
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781487508715

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Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective by David Lummus Pdf

The expert readings in this collection explore the ten stories of Day Six of Boccaccio's Decameron - a day that involves meditations on language, narration, and meaning

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Italian fiction
ISBN : OCLC:37092856

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The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : Everyman's Library
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307271716

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Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

In the summer of 1348, with the plague ravaging Florence, ten young men and women take refuge in the countryside, where they entertain themselves with tales of love, death, and corruption, featuring a host of characters, from lascivious clergymen and mad kings to devious lovers and false miracle-makers. J. G. Nichols’s new translation, faithful to the original but rendered in eminently readable modern English, captures the timeless humor of one of the great classics of European literature. Named after the Greek for “ten days,” Boccaccio’s book of stories draws on ancient mythology, contemporary history, and everyday life, and has influenced the work of myriad writers who came after him. A brilliant new translation of the work that Herman Hesse called “the first great masterpiece of European storytelling.”

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393523003

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The Decameron (Norton Critical Editions) by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

This volume presents fifty-five stories, newly translated, of the hundred novelle that comprise Boccaccio’s masterpiece. Winner of the 2014 PEN USA Literary Award for Translation This Norton Critical Edition includes: · Fifty-five judiciously chosen stories from Wayne A. Rebhorn’s translation of The Decameron. · Introductory materials and explanatory footnotes by Wayne A. Rebhorn, along with three maps. · Biographical works by Filippo Villani and Ludovico Dolce along with literary studies by Francesco Petrarca, Andreas Capellanus, and Boccaccio. · Eleven critical essays, including those by Giuseppe Mazzotta, Millicent Marcus, Teodolinda Barolini, Susanne L. Wofford, Luciano Rossi, and Richard Kuhns. · A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography.

Author : V. Ferme
Publisher : Springer
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137482815

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Women, Enjoyment, and the Defense of Virtue in Boccaccio’s Decameron by V. Ferme Pdf

Providing new ways of reading Boccaccio's masterpiece, Decameron , Ferme analyzes the dynamics between the women who rule the first half of the story. Peeling back the many narrative layers within and outside of the framework, this book unearths the complications and trickery surrounding gender and death in Boccaccio's world and culture.

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : Alma Books
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780714546162

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Life of Dante by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

"e;Life of Dante"e; brings together the earliest accounts of Dante available, putting the celebratory essay of literary genius Giovanni Boccaccio together with the historical analysis of leading humanist Leonardo Bruni. Their writings, along with the other sources included in this volume, provide a wealth of insight and information into Dante's unique character and life, from his susceptibility to the torments of passionate love, his involvement in politics, scholastic enthusiasms and military experience, to the stories behind the greatest heights of his poetic achievements.Not only are these accounts invaluable for their subject matter, they are also seminal examples of early biographical writing. Also included in this volume is a biography of Boccaccio, perhaps as great an influence on world literature as Dante himself.

Author : Joy Hambuechen Potter
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400856503

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Five Frames for the Decameron by Joy Hambuechen Potter Pdf

Using a fourfold approach derived from symbolic anthropology, sociology, semiotics, and philology, Joy Hambuechen Potter focuses on the cornice, or frame tale, of the Decameron, its purpose, and its relationship to the stories. Originally published in 1982. 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.

Author : William Robins
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781487535131

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The Decameron Eighth Day in Perspective by William Robins Pdf

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.

Author : Frederick M. Biggs
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781843844754

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Chaucer's Decameron and the Origin of the Canterbury Tales by Frederick M. Biggs Pdf

A major and original contribution to the debate as to Chaucer's use and knowledge of Boccaccio, finding a new source for the Shipman's Tale.

Author : Giuseppe Mazzotta
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781400854189

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The World at Play in Boccaccio's Decameron by Giuseppe Mazzotta Pdf

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.

Author : Cinzia Bigazzi
Publisher : federighi editori
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9788889159200

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The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio: Calandrio and the Stolen Pork-Costanza and Martuccio by Cinzia Bigazzi Pdf