The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective / / ed. by Susanna Barsella, Simone Marchesi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• MitwirkendeR: Anichini, Federica,; Barsella, Susanna,; Bertolio, Johnny L.,; Ceccagnoli, Patrizio,; Ciccuto, Marcello,; Delmolino, Grace,; Lorenzini, Simona,; Lummus, David,; Marchesi, Simone,; Matukhin, Max,; Pia Ellero, Maria,; Russell Ascoli, Albert,
• HerausgeberIn: Barsella, Susanna ,; Marchesi, Simone,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Toronto Italian Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)

The Ninth Day of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron is significant both for numerological and structural reasons. Whether we consider the Decameron 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. This collection is comprised 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 Decameron. Connections between individual stories are highlighted and interactions between Day Nine and its counterparts in the book are analysed. In doing so, The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective synthesizes existing scholarship but also opens up new horizons for future work.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Introduction to Day Nine: Emilia’s Rule of Freedom -- Love and Death in Pistoia: Decameron IX.1 between Poetry and History -- The Priest’s Breeches: Unveiling Reality in Decameron IX.2 -- Empty Womb and Full Bellies in Decameron IX.3 -- The Tale of the Two Ceccos: Decameron IX.4 -- Art, Nature, and Reality in Boccaccio’s Giotto: Decameron IX.5 -- The Tale of Pinuccio and Niccolosa: Decameron IX.6 -- The Tale of Margherita, a Self-Willed Wife: Decameron IX.7 -- A Metaphor Unveiled? Wine, Wrath, and the Bible in Decameron IX.8 -- Solomon and Emilia, or the King and I: A Reading of Decameron IX.9 -- Natura contra naturam: Sins against Nature in Decameron IX.10 -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index Locorum -- Index of Names