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Diana's Hunt/Caccia Di Diana : Boccaccios 1st Ed, Sealed Hardcover by Cassell...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780812282191
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-10
0812282191
ISBN-13
9780812282191
eBay Product ID (ePID)
715429
Product Key Features
Book Title
Diana's Hunt (Caccia Di Diana) : Boccaccio's First Fiction
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Medieval, European / Italian
Publication Year
1991
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Book Series
Anniversary Collection
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
90-045815
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Synopsis
A dual-language edition of the first major allegorical poem written by Giovanni Boccaccio. It features a revised Italian textual edition that draws on the six extant manuscripts of the original work., Giovanni Boccaccio is one of the most influential writers in the Western tradition, yet his first literary work, "Diana's Hunt," has never been translated into English, and the Italian text has long been out of print. Anthony Cassell and Victoria Kirkham redeem Boccaccio's early effort in this dual-language edition, with an extensive introduction and commentary, that goes far beyond assuring its accessibility. The plot of "Diana's Hunt" is simple enough: the narrator observes the goddess Diana convening a band of Neapolitan court ladies to hunt in a wood. After slaying an impressive number of beasts, the huntresses are incited to rebellion against Diana by the fairest of their number. They invoke the goddess Venus, who transforms the beasts into young men ready to be faithful to her. As a final twist, the narrator himself, who we now learn was actually a stag all along, undergoes a similar transformation and is offered to the fairest lady. Cassell and Kirkham have edited the Italian text of "La Caccia di Diana," drawing from the six extant manuscripts of the original work. Their critical interpretation of the poem redefines the ground on which we evaluate the merits of "Diana's Hunt" and points to ways in which it looks forward to Boccaccio's later work. The poem emerges as an allegory of the struggle in the soul before Christian baptism and entrance into the active life of virtue. This theme will be central in the early fictions, such as the Filocolo and Ameto , and will be parodied and reversed in the later Elegy of Madonna Fiammetta and Corbaccio . The editors offer a readable translation, extensive notes, and a glossary of female historical characters that will prove invaluable to students and scholars of medieval and Renaissance literature, women's studies, and art history.
LC Classification Number
PQ4275.C3E5 1991
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