Brenda Deen Schildgen

Boccaccio Defends Literature

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book unveils Boccaccio’s defence of literature against claims of immorality by showcasing how both pagan and Christian literary works serve to heal, console, and provoke thoughtfulness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9781487558918
• ISBN-10: 1487558910
• Artikelnr.: 71635452

Autorenporträt

Brenda Deen Schildgen is a distinguished professor emerita of comparative literature at the University of California, Davis.

Inhaltsangabe

Primary Texts
Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Genealogy of the Gods Books 14 and 15 and the Defence of Poetry
2. Petrarch versus Boccaccio on Poetry
3. Defensio and Laudatio: Boccaccio and the Poetry of Others
4. The Decameron in Dialogue with the Genealogy of the Gods: How the
Decameron Defends Vernacular Prose Fiction - Part 1
5. The Decameron in Dialogue with the Genealogy of the Gods: How the
Decameron Defends Vernacular Prose Fiction - Part 2
Conclusion
Appendix: Comic Tales in the Decameron
Notes
Bibliography
Index