The Decameron Third Day in Perspective

Published by University of Toronto Press 2014

The Decameron Third Day in Perspective

Edited by: Francesco Ciabattoni and Pier Massimo Forni

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442616431

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About this book

The second of the University of Toronto Press’s interpretive guides to Boccaccio’s Decameron, this collection forms part of an ambitious project to examine the entire Decameron, Day by Day.

Author / Editor information

Ciabattoni Francesco :

Francesco Ciabattoni is an associate professor of Italian at Georgetown University.
Forni Pier Massimo :

Pier Massimo Forni is a professor of Italian literature at Johns Hopkins University.

Reviews

Brandon K. Essary:

‘The volume offers a rich array of methodological approaches, including those based on allegory, historicist perception, and economic history. Ultimately these approaches are successful and offer unique vantage points on the tales of Day Three.’

Michael Sherberg, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Washington University in St Louis:

“The contributors to The ‘Decameron’ Third Day in Perspective have delivered a set of essays whose sum is often greater than their individual parts. Many of the chapters highlight themes that turn out to course through the day – speech vs. silence, games of deception, appearance vs. reality – and in this way they offer readers not just a sense of Boccaccio’s compositional practice but also a clear notion of the narrative and thematic threads that unify the third day.”

Janet Smarr, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of California, San Diego<:

“This volume is a useful contribution to Boccaccio studies, with essays that not only review and comment on previous scholarship but trace connections between that tale and others in the Decameron, often looking as well to outside intertextual references.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Pier Massimo Forni and Francesco Ciabattoni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The Tale of Masetto da Lamporecchio (III.1) Massimo Ciavolella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
The Tale of the King and the Groom (III.2) Elsa Filosa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
The Tale of the Gentlewoman, the Gallant Man, and the Friar (III.3) Stefano Gulizia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
The Tale of Fra Puccio (III.4) Jelena Todorović Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
The Tale of Zima (III.5) Alessandro Vettori Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
The Tale of Ricciardo and Catella (III.6) Myriam Swennen Ruthenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
The Tale of Tedaldo degli Elisei (III.7) Susanna Barsella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
The Tale of Ferondo’s Purgatory (III.8) Martin Eisner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
The Tale of Giletta di Narbona (III.9) Anthony Cassell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
The Tale of Alibech (III.10) Steven Grossvogel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 280

eBook

Published: March 21, 2014
ISBN: 9781442616431