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Author | : Guyda Armstrong |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 734 |
Release | : 2013-10-30 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1442668555 |
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The Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio has had a long and colourful history in English translation. This new interdisciplinary study presents the first exploration of the reception of Boccaccio’s writings in English literary culture, tracing his presence from the early fifteenth century to the 1930s. Guyda Armstrong tells this story through a wide-ranging journey through time and space – from the medieval reading communities of Naples and Avignon to the English court of Henry VIII, from the censorship of the Decameron to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, from the world of fine-press printing to the clandestine pornographers of 1920s New York, and much more. Drawing on the disciplines of book history, translation studies, comparative literature, and visual studies, the author focuses on the book as an object, examining how specific copies of manuscripts and printed books were presented to an English readership by a variety of translators. Armstrong is thereby able to reveal how the medieval text in translation is remade and re-authorized for every new generation of readers.
Author | : Giovanni Boccaccio |
Publisher | : BoD - Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 1040 |
Release | : 2023-07-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Download The Decameron Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In the time of a devastating pandemic, seven women and three men withdraw to a country estate outside Florence to give themselves a diversion from the death around them. Once there, they decide to spend some time each day telling stories, each of the ten to tell one story each day. They do this for ten days, with a few other days of rest in between, resulting in the 100 stories of the Decameron. The Decameron was written after the Black Plague spread through Italy in 1348. Most of the tales did not originate with Boccaccio; some of them were centuries old already in his time, but Boccaccio imbued them all with his distinctive style. The stories run the gamut from tragedy to comedy, from lewd to inspiring, and sometimes all of those at once. They also provide a detailed picture of daily life in fourteenth-century Italy.
Author | : Guyda Armstrong |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 493 |
Release | : 2013-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1442646039 |
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"The Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio has had a long and colourful history in English translation. This new interdisciplinary study presents the first exploration of the reception of Boccaccio's writings in English literary culture, tracing his presence from the early fifteenth century to the 1930s. Guyda Armstrong tells this story through a wide-ranging journey through time and space -- from the medieval reading communities of Naples and Avignon to the English court of Henry VIII, from the censorship of the Decameron to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, from the world of fine-press printing to the clandestine pornographers of 1920s New York, and much more. Drawing on the disciplines of book history, translation studies, comparative literature, and visual studies, the author focuses on the book as an object, examining how specific copies of manuscripts and printed books were presented to an English readership by a variety of translators. Armstrong is thereby able to reveal how the medieval text in translation is remade and re-authorized for every new generation of readers." -- Publisher's description.
Author | : Giovanni Boccaccio |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 1064 |
Release | : 2023-12-19 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Download The Decameron: The Original English Translation by John Florio Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Decameron: The Classic Translation of John Payne" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. John Payne's translation of The Decameron was originally published in a private printing for The Villon Society, London in 1886. Comprised of 100 novellas told by ten men and women over a ten day journey fleeing plague-infested Florence, the Decameron is an allegorical work famous for its bawdy portrayals of everyday life, its searing wit and mockery, and its careful adherence to a framed structure. The word "decameron" is derived from the Greek and means "ten days". Boccaccio drew on many influences in writing the Decameron, and many writers, including Martin Luther, Chaucer, and Keats, later drew inspiration from the book. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian writer and humanist, one of the founders of the Renaissance. He studied business but abandoned it eventually to pursue his literary interests. In 1350 Boccaccio met Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-1374), one the most important figures in the beginnings of the Renaissance and Humanism.
Author | : Giovanni Boccaccio |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780674011304 |
Download Famous Women Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Giovanni Boccaccio devoted the last decades of his life to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is this text, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted to women.
Author | : Martin Eisner |
Publisher | : University of Notre Dame Pess |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 2019-06-25 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 026810591X |
Download A Boccaccian Renaissance Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A Boccaccian Renaissance brings together essays written by internationally recognized scholars in diverse national traditions to respond to the largely unaddressed question of Boccaccio’s impact on early modern literature and culture in Italy and Europe. Martin Eisner and David Lummus co-edit the first comprehensive examination in English of Boccaccio’s impact on the Renaissance. The essays investigate what it means to follow a Boccaccian model, in tandem with or in place of ancient authors such as Vergil or Cicero, or modern poets such as Dante or Petrarch. The book probes how deeply the Latin and vernacular works of Boccaccio spoke to the Renaissance humanists of the fifteenth century. It treats not only the literary legacy of Boccaccio’s works but also their paradoxical importance for the history of the Italian language and reception in theater and books of conduct. While the geographical focus of many of the essays is on Italy, the volume concludes with three studies that open new inroads to understanding his influence on Spanish, French, and English writers across the sixteenth century. The book will appeal strongly to scholars and students of Boccaccio, the Italian and European Renaissance, and Italian literature. Contributors: Jonathan Combs-Schilling, Rhiannon Daniels, Martin Eisner, Simon Gilson, James Hankins, Timothy Kircher, Victoria Kirkham, David Lummus, Ronald L. Martinez, Ignacio Navarrete, Brian Richardson, Marc Schachter, Michael Sherberg, and Janet Levarie Smarr
Author | : Giovanni Boccaccio |
Publisher | : Alma Books |
Total Pages | : 99 |
Release | : 2019-07-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 071454616X |
Download Life of Dante Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"e;Life of Dante"e; brings together the earliest accounts of Dante available, putting the celebratory essay of literary genius Giovanni Boccaccio together with the historical analysis of leading humanist Leonardo Bruni. Their writings, along with the other sources included in this volume, provide a wealth of insight and information into Dante's unique character and life, from his susceptibility to the torments of passionate love, his involvement in politics, scholastic enthusiasms and military experience, to the stories behind the greatest heights of his poetic achievements.Not only are these accounts invaluable for their subject matter, they are also seminal examples of early biographical writing. Also included in this volume is a biography of Boccaccio, perhaps as great an influence on world literature as Dante himself.
Author | : Giovanni Boccaccio |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 1023 |
Release | : 2013-09-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0393069303 |
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A new translation of the Renaissance work comprising the one hundred short stories that ten young Florentines tell each other as they're passing the time in the countryside around Fiesole, attempting to escape the Black Death.
Author | : Frederick M. Biggs |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1843844753 |
Download Chaucer's Decameron and the Origin of the Canterbury Tales Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A major and original contribution to the debate as to Chaucer's use and knowledge of Boccaccio, finding a new source for the Shipman's Tale.
Author | : Giovanni Bocaccio |
Publisher | : BoD - Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2024-04-15 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : |
Download The Decameron Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"The Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of 100 tales told by a group of young people sheltering in a villa outside Florence during the Black Death. As the plague ravages the city, ten noble men and women escape to the countryside and entertain themselves by telling stories over a period of ten days. Each day, one member of the group is appointed as the "king" or "queen" of the day, and they choose a theme for the stories to be told. The tales cover a wide range of subjects, including love, trickery, wit, and morality, and they often feature characters from various social classes and backgrounds. Boccaccio's work is celebrated for its vivid storytelling, wit, and humor, as well as its frank and often bawdy depiction of human nature. Through the diverse tales told by the characters, "The Decameron" provides a rich tapestry of medieval Italian life, while also offering timeless insights into the complexities of human behavior and relationships.