The Cambridge Companion to Boccaccio
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Boccaccio PDF eBook |
Author | Guyda Armstrong |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 299 |
Release | 2015-07-09 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1107014352 |
A major re-evaluation of Boccaccio's status as literary innovator and cultural mediator equal to that of Petrarch and Dante.
The Cambridge Companion to Boccaccio
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Boccaccio PDF eBook |
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Release | 2018 |
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This Companion provides a comprehensive and revisionary account of the life and works of Giovanni Boccaccio and his reception over the seven hundred years since his birth. Drawing upon the most recent research and archival discoveries, this collection of essays re-evaluates Boccaccio's status within the Italian and global literary canon.
The Cambridge Companion to Petrarch
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Petrarch PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Russell Ascoli |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 294 |
Release | 2015-11-26 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1107006147 |
An account of the life and works of Petrarch, scholar and poet, and his influence on European literature and culture.
The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance
Title | The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Wyatt |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 471 |
Release | 2014-06-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521876060 |
Leading international contributors present a lively and interdisciplinary panorama of the Italian Renaissance as it has developed in recent decades.
The Cambridge Companion to Boccaccio
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Boccaccio PDF eBook |
Author | Guyda Armstrong |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 299 |
Release | 2015-06-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1316298264 |
Incorporating the most recent research by scholars in Italy, the UK, Ireland and North America, this collection of essays foregrounds Boccaccio's significance as a pre-eminent scholar and mediator of the classical and vernacular traditions, whose innovative textual practices confirm him as a figure of equal standing to Petrarch and Dante. Situating Boccaccio and his works in their cultural contexts, the Companion introduces a wide range of his texts, paying close attention to his formal innovations, elaborate voicing strategies, and the tensions deriving from his position as a medieval author who places women at the centre of his work. Four chapters are dedicated to different aspects of his masterpiece, the Decameron, while particular attention is paid to the material forms of his works: from his own textual strategies as the shaper of his own and others' literary legacies, to his subsequent editorial history, and translation into other languages and media.
The Cambridge Companion to Chaucer
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Chaucer PDF eBook |
Author | Piero Boitani |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 338 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780521894678 |
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The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism PDF eBook |
Author | Jill Kraye |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 350 |
Release | 1996-02-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521436243 |
From the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, humanism played a key role in European culture. Beginning as a movement based on the recovery, interpretation and imitation of ancient Greek and Roman texts and the archaeological study of the physical remains of antiquity, humanism turned into a dynamic cultural programme, influencing almost every facet of Renaissance intellectual life. The fourteen essays in this 1996 volume deal with all aspects of the movement, from language learning to the development of science, from the effect of humanism on biblical study to its influence on art, from its Italian origins to its manifestations in the literature of More, Sidney and Shakespeare. A detailed biographical index, and a guide to further reading, are provided. Overall, The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism provides a comprehensive introduction to a major movement in the culture of early modern Europe.