| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 243 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in medieval literature |
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Cambridge studies in medieval literature.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Boccaccio between Dante and Petrarch: cultivating vernacular literary community in the Chigi codex -- 1. Dante's dirty feet and the limping republic: Boccaccio's defense of literature in the Vita di Dante -- 2. Dante's shame and Boccaccio's paratextual praise: editing the Vita nuova, Commedia, an canzoni distese -- 3. The making of Petrarch's vernacular Book of Fragments (Fragmentorum liber) -- 4. The inventive scribe: glossing Cavalcanti in the Chig and Decameron 6.9 -- Epilogue: the allegory of the vernacular: Boccaccio's Esposizioni and Petrarch's Griselda |
| Summary |
Examines Boccaccio's pivotal role in legitimizing the vernacular literature of Dante, Petrarch and Cavalcanti through argument, narrative and transcription |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 fast |
| Subject |
Italian literature -- To 1400 -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Italian.
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Italian literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781461950790 |
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1461950791 |
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9781107300484 |
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1107300487 |
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1107521297 |
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9781107521292 |
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1139893394 |
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9781139893398 |
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1107501237 |
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9781107501232 |
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1107516994 |
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9781107516991 |
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1107497264 |
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9781107497269 |
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1107503922 |
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9781107503922 |
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