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Boccaccio and the Invention of Italian Literature by Eisner, Martin
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- Book Title
- Boccaccio and the Invention of Italian Literature: Dante, Petrarc
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- ISBN
- 9781107041660
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
110704166X
ISBN-13
9781107041660
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24038751387
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
260 Pages
Publication Name
Boccaccio and the Invention of Italian Literature : Dante, Petrarch, Cavalcanti, and the Authority of the Vernacular
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Subject
European / General, European / Italian
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Series
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2013-009538
Reviews
'Eisner's book is a welcome addition to studies on the self�authorizing project of the Italian poets at a key moment in the rise of European vernaculars. It is also a particularly fine specimen of the 'material' turn in medieval literary studies. A reliable guide to this intricate web of interconnectedness, Eisner shows how productive the combination of philology and interpretation can be, tracing convincingly the impact of paleographical features on reception, the significance of making a book, the significance of page layout, of juxtaposition, of inclusion and exclusion, of editorial choices, of contamination in transcription - and Boccaccio's unique role in all of this.' Alison Cornish, Modern Philology
Dewey Edition
23
Series Volume Number
Series Number 87
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
858.109
Table Of Content
Introduction: Boccaccio between Dante and Petrarch: cultivating vernacular literary community in the Chigi codex; 1. Dante's dirty feet and the limping republic: Boccaccio's defense of literature in the Vita di Dante; 2. Dante's shame and Boccaccio's paratextual praise: editing the Vita nuova, Commedia, and canzoni distese; 3. The making of Petrarch's vernacular Book of Fragments (Fragmentorum liber); 4. The inventive scribe: glossing Cavalcanti in the Chigi and Decameron 6.9; Epilogue: the allegory of the vernacular: Boccaccio's Esposizioni and Petrarch's Griselda.
Synopsis
This book provides a new perspective on the extraordinary emergence of the Italian literary tradition through the close investigation of a single codex, written entirely in Boccaccio's hand, that preserves rare and unique texts of Dante, Petrarch and Cavalcanti. As such, it offers a major contribution to manuscript studies and a new portrait of Boccaccio., Giovanni Boccaccio played a pivotal role in the extraordinary emergence of the Italian literary tradition in the fourteenth century, not only as author of the Decameron, but also as scribe of Dante, Petrarch and Cavalcanti. Using a single codex written entirely in Boccaccio's hand, Martin Eisner brings together material philology and literary history to reveal the multiple ways Boccaccio authorizes this vernacular literary tradition. Each chapter offers a novel interpretation of Boccaccio as a biographer, storyteller, editor and scribe, who constructs arguments, composes narratives, compiles texts and manipulates material forms to legitimize and advance a vernacular literary canon. Situating these philological activities in the context of Boccaccio's broader reflections on poetry in the Decameron and the Genealogy of the Gentile Gods, the book produces a new portrait of Boccaccio that integrates his vernacular and Latin works, while also providing a new context for understanding his fictions.
LC Classification Number
PQ4284.5 .E37 2013
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