Law and Mimesis in Boccaccio s Decameron Book [PDF] Download

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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• Release Date : 31 May 2023

Steinberg's field-defining work shows how Boccaccio's Decameron reveals unexpected connections between the contemporary emergence of literary realism and legal inquisition in early modern Europe.

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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• Release Date : 31 May 2023

In Boccaccio's time, the Italian city-state began to take on a much more proactive role in prosecuting crime – one which superseded a largely communitarian, private approach. The emergence of the

• Publisher : Dykinson S.L.
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• Release Date : 09 July 2019

The collection of essays presented here examines the links forged through the ages between the realm of law and the expressions of the humanistic culture.We collected thirty-five essays by

• Publisher : Princeton University Press
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• Release Date : 14 July 2014

Giuseppe Mazzotta provides both a powerful framework for reading the Decameron and an important contribution to medieval and contemporary debates in esthetics. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses

• Publisher : University of Toronto Press
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• Release Date : 03 June 2024

The expert readings in this collection explore the ten stories of Day Six of Boccaccio's Decameron - a day that involves meditations on language, narration, and meaning

• Publisher : University of Toronto Press
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• Release Date : 03 June 2024

This compilation of eleven essays offers exciting new perspectives on one of the greatest works of Italian literature.

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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• Release Date : 31 January 2023

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

• Publisher : University of Toronto Press
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• Release Date : 03 June 2024

This unique collection makes available, for the first time, translations of medieval Italian jurisprudence, including commentaries, tracts, and legal opinions by leading jurists.

• Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
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• Release Date : 15 December 2018

In Boccaccio’s Corpus, James C. Kriesel explores how medieval ideas about the body and gender inspired Boccaccio’s vernacular and Latin writings. Scholars have observed that Boccaccio distinguished himself

• Publisher : OUP Oxford
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• Release Date : 14 April 2011

The Invention of Suspicion argues that the English justice system underwent changes in the sixteenth century that, because of the system's participatory nature, had a widespread effect and a decisive