{"product_id":"decameron-first-day-in-perspective-1","title":"Decameron First Day in Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003eGiovanni Boccaccio's \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e is the best known and most read work in Italian literature next to Dante's \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e. In the tradition of \u003ci\u003eLectura Dantis\u003c\/i\u003e, the practice of story-by-story critical readings of Dante's work, Elissa Weaver has collected essays from some of the most prominent American Boccaccio scholars to provide critical readings of the \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e Proem, Introduction, and the ten stories that constitute the first of the ten 'days' of storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first of the twelve essays opens the volume with a consideration of the Proem, demonstrating the importance of Boccaccio's literary subtexts (Ovidian and Dantean) for understanding his poetics. The second essay, on the Introduction, discusses the title of the work and the framing tale. The remaining ten contributions treat in detail each story, examining the literary, ethical, and social concerns embodied in the short narratives and in the context provided by the comments and discussions of the story-tellers, and exploring the intertextual relations within the \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e and with sources and analogues. This inaugural book in a new series of critical essays on the \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e will provide an important guide to reading the complex series of narratives that constitute the opening of the \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e and will serve as a guide to reading the entire work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54228807778648,"sku":"9780802044549","price":75.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780802044549.jpg?v=1780983947","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/decameron-first-day-in-perspective-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}