LEADER 03761nam 22006492 450 001 9910787647803321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-107-52129-7 010 $a1-139-89339-4 010 $a1-107-50123-7 010 $a1-107-50662-X 010 $a1-107-51699-4 010 $a1-107-49726-4 010 $a1-107-50392-2 010 $a1-107-30048-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000433730 035 $a(EBL)1543636 035 $a(OCoLC)862126060 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000999446 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12442127 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000999446 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10933096 035 $a(PQKB)10774082 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781107300484 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1543636 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10795328 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1543636 035 $a(PPN)203017706 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000433730 100 $a20130108d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBoccaccio and the invention of Italian literature $eDante, Petrarch, Cavalcanti, and the authority of the vernacular /$fMartin Eisner$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 243 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in medieval literature ;$v87 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-316-61969-9 311 $a1-107-04166-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aGiovanni Boccaccio played a pivotal role in the extraordinary emergence of the Italian literary tradition in the fourteenth century, not only as author of the Decameron, but also as scribe of Dante, Petrarch and Cavalcanti. Using a single codex written entirely in Boccaccio's hand, Martin Eisner brings together material philology and literary history to reveal the multiple ways Boccaccio authorizes this vernacular literary tradition. Each chapter offers a novel interpretation of Boccaccio as a biographer, storyteller, editor and scribe, who constructs arguments, composes narratives, compiles texts and manipulates material forms to legitimize and advance a vernacular literary canon. Situating these philological activities in the context of Boccaccio's broader reflections on poetry in the Decameron and the Genealogy of the Gentile Gods, the book produces a new portrait of Boccaccio that integrates his vernacular and Latin works, while also providing a new context for understanding his fictions. 410 0$aCambridge studies in medieval literature ;$v87. 517 3 $aBoccaccio & the Invention of Italian Literature 606 $aItalian literature$yTo 1400$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aItalian literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a858/.109 700 $aEisner$b Martin$f1978-$01491352 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787647803321 996 $aBoccaccio and the invention of Italian literature$93713144 997 $aUNINA