Boccaccio: Decameron by David J Wallace
In 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.
Tomonori Matsushita is Professor of Medieval English literature and linguistics, Senshu University, Tokyo.
A.V.C. Schmidt is Andrew Bradley-James Maxwell Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.
David Wallace is Judith Rodin Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania.
A.V.C. Schmidt is Andrew Bradley-James Maxwell Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.
David Wallace is Judith Rodin Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521388511 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521388511 |
| Title | Boccaccio: Decameron |
| Author | David J Wallace |
| Series | Landmarks Of World Literature |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1991-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 132 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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