Five frames for the Decameron : communication and social systems in the cornice / Joy Hambuechen Potter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Potter, Joy Hambuechen, author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone.

Boccaccio, Giovanni.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1982]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using a fourfold approach derived from symbolic anthropology, sociology, semiotics, and philology, Joy Hambuechen Potter focuses on the cornice, or frame tale, of the Decameron, its purpose, and its relationship to the stories.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introductions

CHAPTER I. Society and Ritual in the Cornice

CHAPTER II. God, Church, and Society in the Decameron

CHAPTER III . The Significance of the Signifier

CHAPTER IV. Codes, Systems, and Cultural Models in the Cornice

CHAPTER V. The Function of Framing in the Decameron

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 216-224.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-64191-9

0-691-61425-3

1-4008-5650-7

OCLC:

884013376