Boccaccio and exemplary literature ethics and mischief in the Decameron
This is the first monograph to provide a comprehensive interpretation of the Decameron's response to classical and medieval didactic traditions. Olivia Holmes unearths the rich variety of Boccaccio's sources, ranging across Aesopic fables, narrative collections of Islamicate origin, sermon...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cambridge University Press
2023
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in medieval literature
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Teaching and misleading
- Ethical fables and antifeminist exempla
- From sermon story to novella
- Lives of saints; lives of sinners
- Classical and vernacular exempla
- Magister amoris
- Afterword in time of plague