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The Renaissance discovery of violence, from Boccaccio to Shakespeare / Robert Applebaum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Appelbaum, Robert, 1952- author.
- Series:
- Anthem studies in Renaissance literature and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600--History and criticism.
- European literature.
- Violence in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 pages).
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- London : Anthem Press, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Contents
- A Note on the Texts
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chapters One-Four
- Chapter One Overture: The Show of Violence
- Chapter Two The Moral Economy of Violence in the Renaissance Novella Collection: Straparola, Bandello and Marguerite de Navarre
- Chapter Three Pacifism, Erasmus and More
- Chapter Four Violence as Labor: The Heroic Narrative
- Chapter Five "Tragedy Shows Us What We Must Flee From"
- End Matter
- Afterword
- Select Bibliography
- Primary Texts
- Secondary Texts
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Appelbaum, Robert, 1952- Renaissance discovery of violence, from Boccaccio to Shakespeare.
- ISBN:
- 9781839981487
- 1839981482
- Publisher Number:
- 40030891754
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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