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The Decameron: First Day in Perspective »
Authors: Elissa B. Weaver (Editor), Franco Fido (Contribution by), Marga Cottino-Jones
ISBN-13: 9780802044549, ISBN-10: 0802044549
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Date Published: February 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Elissa B. Weaver
Elissa B. Weaver is a professor of Italian in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago
Book Synopsis
Inaugurating a series produced by the American Boccaccio Association, 13 essays examine the preface and introduction, beginning of the framing tale, and the ten stories told the first day in Giovanni Boccaccio's (1313-73) famous collection of 100 tales set during the Black Plague in Florence. Among the stories considered by scholars of Italian literature are those of Abraham the Jew, the three rings, the marchioness of Monferrato, and the king of Cyprus and the lady of Gascony. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| Introduction | 3 | |
| The Decameron Proem | 12 | |
| The Place of the Title (Decameron, Day One, Introduction) | 29 | |
| The Stories | ||
| The Tale of Ser Ciappelletto (I.1) | 59 | |
| The Tale of Abraham the Jew (I.2) | 77 | |
| The Tale of the Three Rings (I.3) | 89 | |
| The Tale of the Monk and His Abbot (I.4) | 113 | |
| The Tale of the Marchioness of Monferrato (I.5) | 135 | |
| The Tale of the Inquisitor (I.6) | 148 | |
| The Tale of Bergamino (I.7) | 160 | |
| The Tale of Guiglielmo Borsiere (I.8) | 179 | |
| The Tale of the King of Cyprus and the Lady of Gascony (I.9) | 207 | |
| The Tale of Maestro Alberto (I.10) | 222 | |
| Bibliography | 241 | |
| Contributors | 257 | |
| Index | 261 |
Subjects
Fiction Books & Literature
Literary Criticism Italian Literature
Fiction Books & Literature Literary Criticism Poetry - Literary Criticism
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Literary Criticism Poetry - Literary Criticism
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