1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462738503321

Autore

Eisner Martin <1978->

Titolo

Boccaccio and the invention of Italian literature : Dante, Petrarch, Cavalcanti, and the authority of the vernacular / / Martin Eisner [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-52129-7

1-139-89339-4

1-107-50123-7

1-107-50662-X

1-107-51699-4

1-107-49726-4

1-107-50392-2

1-107-30048-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; ; 87

Disciplina

858/.109

Soggetti

Italian literature - To 1400 - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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, an canzoni distese -- 3. The making of Petrarch's vernacular Book of Fragments (Fragmentorum liber) -- 4. The inventive scribe: glossing Cavalcanti in the Chig and Decameron 6.9 -- Epilogue: the allegory of the vernacular: Boccaccio's Esposizioni and Petrarch's Griselda.

Sommario/riassunto

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.

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Record Nr.

UNISA996396069803316

Titolo

The Lord Strange his demands [[electronic resource] ] : propounded to the inhabitants of the town of Manchester, concerning a pacificction [sic], and laying down of armes: with the valiant answer and resolution of the commanders and souldiers, in denying and withstanding the said demands. Also the names of the Scots elders and ministers chosen by the commissioners of Scotland to be sent to the Assembly of Divines appointed by the Parliament to be holden at London for the setling of religion

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Th. Cook, October 8. 1642

Descrizione fisica

[2], 6 p

Altri autori (Persone)

DerbyJames Stanley, Earl of,  <1607-1651.>

Soggetti

Manchester (England) History Siege, 1642 Early works to 1800

Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Campaigns Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018