{"product_id":"boccaccio-decameron-paperback-9780521388511","title":"Boccaccio: Decameron (Paperback) 9780521388511","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBoccaccio: Decameron\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid J. Wallace (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521388511, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 August 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e132 pages, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e20 x 12.9 x 1 cm, 0.15 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Making of the Decameron: 1. The Decameron as a landmark of world literature\u003cbr\u003e 2. Boccaccio, Naples and Florence before the Decameron\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Decameron: 3. Title and preface\u003cbr\u003e 4. First Day (Introduction)\u003cbr\u003e (i) the plague\u003cbr\u003e (ii) the mise-en-scene\u003cbr\u003e 5. First Day: the saint's life and the powers of language\u003cbr\u003e 6. Second Day: fortune, female character and the impulse to trade\u003cbr\u003e 7. Third Day: sex, voice and morals\u003cbr\u003e 8. Fourth Day (introduction): Boccaccio's apology for Florentine prose\u003cbr\u003e 9. Fourth Day: love and feudal aristocracy\u003cbr\u003e 10. Fifth Day: romance, class difference, social negotiation\u003cbr\u003e 11. Sixth Day: Florentine society and associational form\u003cbr\u003e 12. Seventh Day: controlling domestic space\u003cbr\u003e 13. Eighth Day: the scholar and the widow\u003cbr\u003e 14. Ninth Day: the mystery of Calandrino\u003cbr\u003e 15. Tenth Day: magnificance and myths of power\u003cbr\u003e 16. The return to Florence and the author's conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Part III. After the Decameron: Guide to further reading.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004159185176,"sku":"9780521388511","price":18.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521388511i_923a9a20-010c-44ee-b49c-6a32c1bac753.jpg?v=1691376222","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/boccaccio-decameron-paperback-9780521388511","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}