Reconsidering Boccaccio: Medieval Contexts and Global Intertexts (Toronto Italian Studies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1487501781 ISBN 13: 9781487501785

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2018

Synopsis

Reconsidering Boccaccio highlights the great Florentine writer Giovanni Boccaccio’s remarkable achievements in the fourteenth century as a cultural mediator; his exceptional social, geographic, and intellectual range; and the influence of his legacy on numerous cultural networks.

Grounded in Boccaccio’s own writings, Reconsidering Boccaccio brings a variety of methodologies and critical approaches to the works of one of the ‘three crowns’ of Italian literature. Containing essays by scholars not only of Italian literature, but also history, law, classics, and Middle Eastern literature, this collection is part of a vital movement to open up a dialogue among researchers in various areas of study  that touch on the works of Boccaccio. The volume highlights the necessity of a technical and historical framework when approaching Boccaccio studies, while also shedding new light on the lives of women and their role in the reception of Boccaccio’s works.

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About the Author

Olivia Holmes is a professor of English and Medieval Studies in the Department of English and the Center for Medieval Studies and Renaissance at Binghamton University.
Dana E. Stewart is an associate professor of Italian and Medieval Studies in the Department of Romance Languages and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Binghamton University.

Review

"Reconsidering Boccaccio is a substantial miscellany volume, featuring several extremely impressive contributors. Engaged with critical concerns beyond the narrow field of Boccaccio and source studies, Reconsidering Boccaccio will be of interest to scholars of comparative medieval French and Italian studies. With a focus on gender, particularly as it relates to women’s contributions to production and reception, Reconsidering Boccaccio also explores the importance of feminist response to Boccaccio’s work, and implicitly advances an argument for renewed attention."

(Guyda Armstrong, Department of Italian Studies, University of Manchester)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1487501781
• ISBN 13: 9781487501785
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Holmes Olivia, Stewart Dana