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Courtesy lost : Dante, Boccaccio, and the literature of history / Kristina M. Olson.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olson, Kristina, author.
- Series:
- Toronto Italian studies.
- Toronto Italian Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375--Criticism and interpretation.
- Boccaccio, Giovanni.
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Influence.
- Dante Alighieri.
- Courtesy in literature.
- Chivalry in literature.
- Florence (Italy)--History--To 1421.
- Florence (Italy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Courtesy Lost, Kristina M. Olson analyses the literary impact of the social, political, and economic transformations of the fourteenth century through an exploration of Dante's literary and political influence on Boccaccio.
- Contents:
- Introduction. "Fateci dipignere la Cortesia": Historicizing cortesia
- 1 Boccaccio's History of cortesia: The Incivility and Greed of the Elite
- 2 Boccaccio's Politics of cortesia: Narrating the Elite and the gente nuova
- 3 The Ethical (and Dantean) Framework of the Decameron: The Avarice of Clerics and Merchants
- 4 Constructing a Future for cortesia in the Past: Virility, Nobility, and the History of the Guelphs and the Ghibellines.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-6719-2
- 1-4426-6718-4
- OCLC:
- 898086031
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