Boccaccio and Exemplary Literature

This is the first monograph to provide a comprehensive interpretation of the Decameron's response to classical and...
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Author: Olivia Holmes
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Boccaccio and Exemplary Literature by Holmes, Olivia

Boccaccio and Exemplary Literature

$313.94

Boccaccio and Exemplary Literature

$313.94
Author: Olivia Holmes
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
This is the first monograph to provide a comprehensive interpretation of the Decameron's response to classical and medieval didactic traditions. Olivia Holmes unearths the rich variety of Boccaccio's sources, ranging across Aesopic fables, narrative collections of Islamicate origin, sermon-stories and saints' lives, and compilations of historical anecdotes. Examining the Decameron's sceptical and sexually permissive contents in relation to medieval notions of narrative exemplarity, the study also considers how they intersect with current critical assertions of fiction's power to develop empathy and emotional intelligence. Holmes argues that Boccaccio provides readers with the opportunity to exercise both what the ancients called 'Ethics, ' and our contemporaries call 'Theory of Mind.' This account of a vast tradition of tale collections and its provocative analysis of their workings will appeal to scholars of Italian literature and medieval studies, as well as to readers interested in evolutionary understandings of storytelling

Author: Olivia Holmes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/09/2023
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781009224338

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