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020 _a9781107300484 (ebook)
020 _z9781107041660 (hardback)
020 _z9781316619698 (paperback)
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_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aPQ4284.5
_b.E37 2013
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100 1 _aEisner, Martin,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aBoccaccio and the Invention of Italian Literature :
_bDante, Petrarch, Cavalcanti, and the Authority of the Vernacular /
_cMartin Eisner.
246 3 _aBoccaccio & the Invention of Italian Literature
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (262 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aCambridge Studies in Medieval Literature ;
_v87
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520 _aGiovanni Boccaccio played a pivotal role in the extraordinary emergence of the Italian literary tradition in the fourteenth century, not only as author of the Decameron, but also as scribe of Dante, Petrarch and Cavalcanti. Using a single codex written entirely in Boccaccio's hand, Martin Eisner brings together material philology and literary history to reveal the multiple ways Boccaccio authorizes this vernacular literary tradition. Each chapter offers a novel interpretation of Boccaccio as a biographer, storyteller, editor and scribe, who constructs arguments, composes narratives, compiles texts and manipulates material forms to legitimize and advance a vernacular literary canon. Situating these philological activities in the context of Boccaccio's broader reflections on poetry in the Decameron and the Genealogy of the Gentile Gods, the book produces a new portrait of Boccaccio that integrates his vernacular and Latin works, while also providing a new context for understanding his fictions.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107041660
830 0 _aCambridge Studies in Medieval Literature ;
_v87.
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107300484
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c37732
_d37732