Decameron and the philosophy of storytelling : author as midwife and pimp / / Richard Kuhns
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| Autore: |
Kuhns Richard Francis <1924->
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| Titolo: |
Decameron and the philosophy of storytelling : author as midwife and pimp / / Richard Kuhns
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (203 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 853/.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Storytelling |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-170) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction. Storytelling: The Bankruptcy of Reality -- Chapter 1. Trecento Story and Image -- Chapter 2. Aspects of Storytelling: Dreams and Masks -- Chapter 3. Aspects of Storytelling: Reflections on the Metaphoric Power of Metamorphosis -- Chapter 4. Interpretative Method for a decameron Tale: An Enchanted Pear Tree in Argos -- Chapter 5. The Creation of a Total Work of Art -- Chapter 6. Storytelling and Truth -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Kuhns approaches Decameronfrom a variety of literary, philosophical, and historical perspectives. He argues that Decameroncontains a theory of storytelling and reveals the ways in which Decameron'scomic and sexual elements lead into philosophical debate and moral argument. Kuhns also suggests that Decameronis one of the first self-conscious creations of a "total work of art.". |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Decameron and the philosophy of storytelling |
| ISBN: | 0-231-50982-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820362203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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