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The Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective

The Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective

Lummus, David

Hardcover

Series: Toronto Italian Studies

Literary CriticismFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1487508719
ISBN13: 9781487508715
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: Jun 22 2021
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

The Sixth Day of Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron marks a new beginning. Its first story is the structural centre of the one hundred tales and signals the start of the day's reflection on the power of the word as the fundamental building block of human communication. This collection gathers together readings of each of the ten stories in Day Six of the Decameron - the shortest of the entire work. Featuring a diverse group of literary scholars whose expertise is not limited to Boccaccio studies, the collection offers both comprehensive accounts of the tales and new interpretations of their significance. A major contribution to the study of the Decameron, it will also serve as an excellent starting point for new readers of Boccaccio's masterpiece.

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