The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective /

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

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...

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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]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Toronto Italian Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.)
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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

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