The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective / edited by Simone Marchesi and Susanna Barsella.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marchesi, Simone, editor.

Barsella, Susanna, editor.

Series:

Toronto Italian studies.

Toronto Italian Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone.

Boccaccio, Giovanni.

Decamerone (Boccaccio, Giovanni).

Women in literature.

Italy--Florence.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2022]

Summary:

"The Ninth Day of Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron is significant both for numerological and structural reasons. Whether we consider the Decameron as reproducing an itinerary toward the attainment of virtue or following other possible interpretive schematics, Day Nine remains a liminal moment of pause before the inception of the final stories dedicated to the highest civic virtues of liberality and magnificence. This collection is comprised of extensive and rigorous essays by leading experts in the field of Boccaccio studies and medieval literature, shedding new critical light on the Ninth Day. The volume incorporates a multitude of disciplinary perspectives including literary studies, visual arts, political history, and gender studies. Taking a holistic approach, the contributors to the volume trace the dense and multi-layered web of interrelations between the narrative units and the rest of the Decameron. Connections between individual stories are highlighted and interactions between Day Nine and its counterparts in the book are analysed. In doing so, The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective synthesizes existing scholarship but also opens up new horizons for future work."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction to Day Nine: Emilia's Rule of Freedom / Susanna Barsella, Fordham University and Simone Marchesi, Princeton University

Love and Death in Pistoia: Decameron IX.1 between Poetry and History / David Lummus, University of Notre Dame

The Priest's Breeches: Decameron IX.2 / Maria Pia Ellero, Università degli Studi della Basilicata

Empty Womb and Full Bellies in Decameron IX.3

Federica Anichini, New York University in Florence

The Tale of the Two Cecco's: Decameron IX.4 / Patrizio Ceccagnoli, University of Kansas

Art, Nature, and Reality in Boccaccio's Giotto: Decameron IX.5 / Marcello Ciccuto, University of Pisa

The Tale of Pinuccio and Niccolosa: Decameron IX.6 / Simona Lorenzini, Yale University

The Tale of Margherita, a Self-Willed Wife: Decameron IX.7 / Grace Delmolino, University of California-Davis

A Metaphor Unveiled? Wine, Wrath, and the Bible in Decameron IX.8 / Johnny L. Bertolio, University of Toronto

Solomon and Emilia, or the King and I: Decameron IX.9 / Albert Russel Ascoli, University of California, Berkeley

Natura contra naturam: Sins Against Nature in Decameron IX.10 / Max Matukhin, Princeton University

Bibliography

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Other Format:

Print version: Marchesi, Simone The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective

ISBN:

1-4875-4051-5

1-4875-4050-7

OCLC:

1281784346