Five Frames for the Decameron : : Communication and Social Systems in the CORNICE / / Joy Hambuechen Potter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Potter, Joy Hambuechen,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 556
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introductions --; CHAPTER I. Society and Ritual in the Cornice --; CHAPTER II. God, Church, and Society in the Decameron --; CHAPTER III . The Significance of the Signifier --; CHAPTER IV. Codes, Systems, and Cultural Models in the Cornice --; CHAPTER V. The Function of Framing in the Decameron --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400856503; 9783110413441; 9783110413601; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400856503
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Joy Hambuechen Potter.

Using a fourfold approach derived from symbolic anthropology, sociology, semiotics, and philology, Joy Hambuechen Potter focuses on the cornice, or frame tale, of the Decameron, its purpose, and its relationship to the stories.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.