{"product_id":"the-decameron-ninth-day-in-perspective-hardback-9781487540494","title":"The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective (Hardback) 9781487540494","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective\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\"\u003eSimone Marchesi (Edited by), Susanna Barsella (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487540494\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 June 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 13.3 x 2.4 cm, 0.58 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\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ninth Day of Giovanni Boccaccio\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e is significant both for numerological and structural reasons. Whether we consider the \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e as reproducing an itinerary toward the attainment of virtue or following other possible interpretive schematics, Day Nine remains a liminal moment of pause before the inception of the final stories dedicated to the highest civic virtues of liberality and magnificence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis collection is composed of extensive and rigorous essays by leading experts in the field of Boccaccio studies and medieval literature, shedding new critical light on the Ninth Day. The volume incorporates a multitude of disciplinary perspectives including literary studies, visual arts, political history, and gender studies. Taking a holistic approach, the contributors to the volume trace the dense and multi-layered web of interrelations between the narrative units and the rest of the \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e. Connections between individual stories are highlighted and interactions between Day Nine and its counterparts in the book are analysed. In doing so, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003eDecameron\u003ci\u003e Ninth Day in Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e synthesizes existing scholarship but also opens up new horizons for future work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Day Nine: Emilia\u0026amp;#x2019;s Rule of Freedom\u003cbr\u003eSusanna Barsella, Fordham University and Simone Marchesi, Princeton University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLove and Death in Pistoia: \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e IX.1 between Poetry and History\u003cbr\u003eDavid Lummus, University of Notre Dame\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Priest\u0026amp;#x2019;s Breeches: \u003cem\u003eDecameron \u003c\/em\u003eIX.2  \u003cbr\u003eMaria Pia Ellero, Università degli Studi della Basilicata\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmpty Womb and Full Bellies in \u003cem\u003eDecame\u003c\/em\u003eron IX.3\u003cbr\u003eFederica Anichini, New York University in Florence \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tale of the Two Cecco\u0026amp;#x2019;s: \u003cem\u003eDecameron \u003c\/em\u003eIX.4\u003cbr\u003ePatrizio Ceccagnoli, University of Kansas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArt, Nature, and Reality in Boccaccio\u0026amp;#x2019;s Giotto: \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e IX.5 \u003cbr\u003eMarcello Ciccuto, University of Pisa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tale of Pinuccio and Niccolosa: \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e IX.6\u003cbr\u003eSimona Lorenzini, Yale University \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tale of Margherita, a Self-Willed Wife: \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e IX.7 \u003cbr\u003eGrace Delmolino, University of California-Davis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Metaphor Unveiled? Wine, Wrath, and the Bible in \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e IX.8\u003cbr\u003eJohnny L. Bertolio, University of Toronto\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolomon and Emilia, or the King and I: \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e IX.9\u003cbr\u003eAlbert Russel Ascoli, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNatura contra naturam:\u003c\/em\u003e Sins Against Nature in \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e IX.10\u003cbr\u003eMax Matukhin, Princeton University  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eContributors \u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595785990424,"sku":"9781487540494","price":40.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-decameron-ninth-day-in-perspective-hardback-9781487540494","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}