Boccaccio's Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance
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Boccaccio's Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance
（The new Middle Ages）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
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Bibliography: p. [173]-179
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Boccaccio's Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance demonstrates that Boccaccio's puzzling masterpiece takes on organic consistency when viewed as an early modern adaptation of a pre-Christian, humanistic vision.
Table of Contents
Preface Introduction: Cicero and the Decameron Ingegno: The Individual and Authority: Decameron Day I Ingegno: Wit as the Soul of Action: Day II Ingegno: Wit as Misdirection and Iconoclasm: Day III Reason's Debt to Passion: Day IV The Shock of Recognition: Day V Misrule and Inspiration: Day VI Valley of Ingegno: Day VII Boccaccio's Ship of Fools: Day VIII Truth, Lie and Eloquence: Day IX The Ciceronian Synthesis and 'Author's Conclusion:' Day X The Decameron and Italian Culture Bibliography
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