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Boccaccio: Decameron
David J. Wallace
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Description for Boccaccio: Decameron
Paperback. Ten young people leave Florence to escape the Black Death of 1348, and organize life in the countryside through the pleasure and discipline of story-telling. David Wallace discusses their 100 "novelles" along with Florentine culture, gender issues and the wider influences of the text. Series Editor(s): Stern, J. P. Series: Landmarks of World Literature. Num Pages: 132 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 150.
In Boccaccio's innovative text, ten young people leave Florence to escape the Black Death of 1348, and organize their collective life in the countryside through the pleasure and discipline of story-telling. David Wallace guides the reader through their one hundred novelle, which explore both new and familiar conflicts from private and public spheres of life with unprecedented subtlety, urgency and humour. He emphasises the relationship between Decameron and the precocious vitality of Florentine culture in Boccaccio's time. He also discusses gender issues and the influence of the text particularly on Chaucer and the novel.
In Boccaccio's innovative text, ten young people leave Florence to escape the Black Death of 1348, and organize their collective life in the countryside through the pleasure and discipline of story-telling. David Wallace guides the reader through their one hundred novelle, which explore both new and familiar conflicts from private and public spheres of life with unprecedented subtlety, urgency and humour. He emphasises the relationship between Decameron and the precocious vitality of Florentine culture in Boccaccio's time. He also discusses gender issues and the influence of the text particularly on Chaucer and the novel.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
Series
Landmarks of World Literature
Number of Pages
132
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521388511
SKU
V9780521388511
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