Description
| Product ID: | 9781487501785 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CA |
| Series: | Toronto Italian Studies |
| Title: | Reconsidering Boccaccio |
| Subtitle: | Medieval Contexts and Global Intertexts |
| Authors: | Author: Dana Stewart, Olivia Holmes |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | Literature: history and criticism, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Gender studies, gender groups, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Gender studies, gender groups, Italy |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Reconsidering Boccaccio explores the exceptional social, geographic, and intellectual range of the Florentine writer Giovanni Boccaccio, his dialogue with voices and traditions that surrounded him, and the way that his legacy illuminates the interconnectivity of numerous cultural networks. Reconsidering Boccaccio highlights the great Florentine writer Giovanni Boccaccio’s remarkable achievements in the fourteenth century as a cultural mediator; his exceptional social, geographic, and intellectual range; and the influence of his legacy on numerous cultural networks. Grounded in Boccaccio’s own writings, Reconsidering Boccaccio brings a variety of methodologies and critical approaches to the works of one of the ‘three crowns’ of Italian literature. Containing essays by scholars not only of Italian literature, but also history, law, classics, and Middle Eastern literature, this collection is part of a vital movement to open up a dialogue among researchers in various areas of study that touch on the works of Boccaccio. The volume highlights the necessity of a technical and historical framework when approaching Boccaccio studies, while also shedding new light on the lives of women and their role in the reception of Boccaccio’s works. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Toronto Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Toronto Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-05-29 |
