Description: Further DetailsTitle: Boccaccio`s "Decameron" – Rewriting the Christian Middle Ages and the Lyric TraditionCondition: NewEAN: 9780866986069ISBN: 9780866986069Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,USFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/08/2021Item Height: 228mmItem Length: 157mmItem Width: 29mmItem Weight: 766gAuthor: Dino S. CervigniLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0866986065Description: This study develops a new interpretation of The Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio’s masterpiece, which has found new popularity in the wake of COVID. Dino S. Cervigni offers an inclusive and novel reading of the collection, theorizing that the first ninety tales offer a parodic rewriting of the Christian Middle Age, while the last ten tales craft a reconstruction of society based on human and liberal principles such as generosity and sacrifice. Still relevant to this day, The Decameron offers a notable description of the bubonic plague of 1348 which devastated Western Europe—drawing striking parallels with the current global pandemic. Furthermore, Boccaccio’s concluding message applies to all of us in the present moment, plunged as we are into a world of intellectual and ethical chaos, exhorting us to practice forgiveness, compassion, tolerance, mutual acceptance, and generous open-mindedness. No other book on The Decameron offers such a relevant, up-to-date reading of the classic work.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Literary CriticismTopic: Poetry & DramaRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Boccaccio`s "Decameron" – Rewriting the Christian Middle Ages and
Title: Boccaccio`s "Decameron" – Rewriting the Christian Middle Ages and
EAN: 9780866986069
ISBN: 9780866986069
Release Date: 01/08/2021
Release Year: 2021
ISBN-10: 0866986065
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Literary Criticism
Topic: Poetry & Drama
Number of Pages: 554 Pages
Publication Name: Boccaccio's Decameron : Rewriting the Christian Middle Ages and the Lyric Tradition
Language: English
Publisher: AriZona STATE University, AriZona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Publication Year: 2021
Item Height: 0.1 in
Subject: Middle Eastern, European / Italian
Item Weight: 27.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 0 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Poetry
Author: Dino S. Cervigni
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Series: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies
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