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The Ethical Dimension of the 'Decameron'
Language: en
Pages: 208
Authors: Marilyn Migiel
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-15 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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With The Ethical Dimension of the “Decameron” Marilyn Migiel, author of A Rhetoric of the “Decameron” (winner of the MLA’s 2004 Marraro Prize), return
Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: David Lummus
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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The expert readings in this collection explore the ten stories of Day Six of Boccaccio's Decameron - a day that involves meditations on language, narration, and
The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective
Language: en
Pages: 409
Authors: Simone Marchesi
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-03-31 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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The Ninth Day of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron is significant both for numerological and structural reasons. Whether we consider the Decameron as reproducing
The Decameron Eighth Day in Perspective
Language: en
Pages: 293
Authors: William Robins
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-09 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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Divided into ten days of ten novellas each, Boccaccio’s Decameron is one of the literary gems of the fourteenth century. The Decameron Eighth Day in Perspecti
Law and Mimesis in Boccaccio's Decameron
Language: en
Pages: 255
Authors: Justin Steinberg
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-05-31 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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In Boccaccio's time, the Italian city-state began to take on a much more proactive role in prosecuting crime – one which superseded a largely communitarian, p