| Description |
1 online resource (x, 369 pages) |
| Series |
Toronto Italian studies |
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Toronto Italian studies.
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| Contents |
1. Universal Myths of Origin: Boccaccio and the Golden Age Motif -- 2. Local Myths of Origin: The Birth of the City and the Self -- 3. Myth of a New Beginning: Boccaccio's Palingenetic Paradise -- 4. Myth of Historical Foresight: Babel and Beyond |
| Summary |
"Boccaccio's Naked Muse examines a writer who cast himself as the apostle of a new humanistic faith, one that would honour God by exalting his creation. In this study, Tobias Foster Gittes argues that Boccaccio did not simply reproduce Golden Age schemes in his works, but rather subtly altered and adapted them to produce a model of human beatitude more suited to his conviction that cultural achievement and human dignity are indissolubly linked."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-346) and index |
| Notes |
Includes some text in Italian and Latin |
| Subject |
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 fast |
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Boccaccio, Giovanni 1313-1375 gnd |
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 -- analys och tolkning. sao |
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Boccaccio, Giovanni. swd |
| Subject |
Myth in literature.
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Culture in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Italian.
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Culture in literature
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Myth in literature
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Mythos
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442687462 |
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1442687460 |
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