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almahu_9949546443802882
Format:
1 online resource (400 p.) :
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6 b&w illustrations
ISBN:
9781487532727
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9783110993899
Series Statement:
Toronto Italian Studies
Content:
Best known as the author of the Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio is a key figure in Italian literature. In the mid-fourteenth century, however, Boccaccio was also deeply involved in the politics of Florence and the extent of his involvement steered and inspired his work as a writer. Boccaccio's Florence explores the financial, political, and social turbulence of Florence at this time, as well as the major players in literary and political circles, to understand the complex ways they emerged in Boccaccio's writing. Based on extensive archival research and close reading of Boccaccio's works, the book aims to recover the dynamics of the Florentine conspiracy of 1360 and how this event affected Boccaccio's writing, arguing that his works reveal clear references to this episode when read in light of the reconstructed historical context. In this rich and textured picture of the man in his time, Elsa Filosa documents a microhistory of connections and interconnections and offers new, more political and historically imbedded readings of Boccaccio's seminal works.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Illustrations and Tables --
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Acknowledgments --
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Abbreviations --
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Introduction --
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PART ONE Power and Politics in Boccaccio's Times --
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1 An Apprenticeship in Politics (1341-1343) --
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2 Boccaccio and Politics (1348-1355) --
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3 The 1360 Conspiracy (1359-1361) --
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4 Consequences of the Conspiracy (1361-1365) --
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PART TWO At the Intersections of Literature and Politics --
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5 Antityrannical Motives in De mulieribus claris --
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6 The Consolatoria a Pino de' Rossi: A Manifesto on Innocence --
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7 The Lives of Dante --
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8 Conspirators in the Decameron --
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Afterword --
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Appendices --
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Appendix 1 Genealogical Tables --
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Appendix 2 Transcriptions of Documents --
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Appendix 3 The Conspirators: Prosopographical Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index of Names
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
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EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
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EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
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EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993752
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EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110993738
In:
University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110767155
Language:
English
Subjects:
Romance Studies
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Biografie
DOI:
10.3138/9781487532727
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487532727
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487532727
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