UID:
edocfu_9958353266902883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781442667181
Content:
In Courtesy Lost, Kristina M. Olson analyses the literary impact of the social, political, and economic transformations of the fourteenth century through an exploration of Dante’s literary and political influence on Boccaccio.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Note on Editions and Translations --
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Introduction “Fateci dipignere la Cortesia”: Historicizing cortesia --
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1. Boccaccio’s History of cortesia: The Incivility and Greed of the Elite --
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2. Boccaccio’s Politics of cortesia: Narrating the Elite and the gente nuova --
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3. The Ethical (and Dantean) Framework of the Decameron: The Avarice of Clerics and Merchants --
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4. Constructing a Future for cortesia in the Past: Virility, Nobility, and the History of the Guelphs and the Ghibellines --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3138/9781442667181
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442667181
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