M. Grudin

Boccaccio¿s Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Boccaccio's Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance demonstrates that Boccaccio's puzzling masterpiece takes on organic consistency when viewed as an early modern adaptation of a pre-Christian, humanistic vision.

Produktdetails

• The New Middle Ages
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-34394-2
• 1st ed. 2012
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 263g
• ISBN-13: 9781349343942
• ISBN-10: 1349343943
• Artikelnr.: 45082991

Autorenporträt

Author Michaela Paasche Grudin: Michaela Paasche Grudin is Professor Emerita at Lewis and Clark College, USA. Author Robert Grudin: Robert Grudin is Professor Emeritus at the University of Oregon, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction: Cicero and the Decameron Ingegno: The Individual and Authority: Decameron Day I Ingegno: Wit as the Soul of Action: Day II Ingegno: Wit as Misdirection and Iconoclasm: Day III Reason's Debt to Passion: Day IV The Shock of Recognition: Day V Misrule and Inspiration: Day VI Valley of Ingegno: Day VII Boccaccio's Ship of Fools: Day VIII Truth, Lie and Eloquence: Day IX The Ciceronian Synthesis and 'Author's Conclusion:' Day X The Decameron and Italian Culture Bibliography

Rezensionen

"Boccaccio scholars and all readers interested in the Decameron who are tempted to dismiss this study for its title's last words - the Ciceronian Renaissance in the Decameron - should take heed: This substantial volume by Michaela Paasche and Robert Grudin, a wife and husband team of scholars, succeeds in offering what many other studies of comparable length have failed to do, namely, a comprehensive analysis of Boccaccio's masterpiece in its entirety from a novel perspective, which is appealing and which explains many challenging elements of Boccaccio's masterpiece." - Annali d'Italianistica

"By exposing Boccaccio's debt to Cicero, Grudin and Grudin offer a fresh and thought-provoking contribution to Decameron studies." - Speculum