The writer as liar: narrative technique in the Decameron

by ALMANSI, GUIDO

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Title Statements

Full title :The writer as liar : narrative technique in the Decameron / Guido Almansi.

Summary

Originally published in 1975, The Writer as Liar examines the literary game of falsehood as it is portrayed in the Decameron. The book examines how Boccaccio's collection of tales has a 'frame' story, its own built-in key to the art of story-telling, its internal logic of truth and falsehood, as well as its moments of self-parody, pure narrative intrigue and sophisticated sexual symbolism. The book formulates the argument that Boccaccio's story telling is seen as an artfully malicious operation, depending for its success not on some abstract concept of narrative originality or the accurate depiction of human psychology, but on the combinative assemblage of narrative blocks, which are manipulated by a craftsman who must lie and cheat with raw material in order to produce a living work - therefore depicting the artist as a liar.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Place of publication not identified
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

Notes

"First published in 1975 by Rougtledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd."

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (iv, 172 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780429263187, 042926318X, 9780429553769, 0429553765, 9780429562709, 0429562705, 9780429558238, 0429558236
DOI:10.4324/9780429263187
oclc:on1107880473
LC Classification:PQ4290
Dewey Decimal:853.1

Introduction 1. Narrative Screens 2. Literature and Falsehood 3. Bawdry and Ars Combinatoria 4. The Meaning of a Storm 5. Passion and Metaphor Bibliographical Conventions Index

Subjects

Boccaccio, Giovanni Decamerone (Boccaccio, Giovanni) History Literary Criticism -- General Narration (Rhetoric) Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- To 1… Rhetoric, Medieval Rhétorique médiévale Technique To 1500