Il volume Intorno a Boccaccio: Boccaccio e dintorni 2018 nasce dal seminario internazionale tenutosi a Certaldo i giorni 6 e 7 settembre 2018, promosso dall'Ente Nazionale Giovanni Boccaccio e giunto alla sua quinta edizione. Il seminario, a cadenza annuale, è nato per dare voce…
The volume 'Intorno a Boccaccio/Boccaccio e dintorni 2018' is the outcome of the international seminar held in Certaldo on September 6 and 7, 2018, promoted by the ENGB National Association (Ente Nazionale Giovanni Boccaccio) now at its fifth edition. The seminar is held annuall…
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 …
The world at play in Boccaccio's Decameron
Giuseppe Mazzotta provides both a powerful framework for reading the Decameron and an important contribution to medieval and contemporary debates in estheticsOriginally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make avail…
"Richard Kuhns explores the ways in which Decameron's sexual themes lead into philosophical inquiry, moral argument, and aesthetic and literary criticism. As he reveals the stories' many philosophical insights and literary pleasures, Kuhns also examines Decameron in the context …