Love and sex in the time of plague : a Decameron Renaissance

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Love and sex in the time of plague : a Decameron Renaissance

Guido Ruggiero

(I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history)

Harvard University Press, 2021

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-287) and index

Summary: "Guido Ruggiero brings readers back to Renaissance Florence, capturing how the Decameron sounded to fourteenth-century ears. Giovanni Boccaccio's masterpiece of love, sex, loyalty, and betrayal resonated amid the Black Death and the era's convulsive political change, reimagining truth and virtue in a moment both desperate and full of potential"-- Provided by publisher

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  • Introduction: Listening to the Decameron: an introduction
  • Laughter: imagining love, lust, and virtù in the Rinascimento
  • Violence: scorn, retribution, and civilized courtship
  • Tears: love, mourning, and self in the time of the plague
  • Transcendence: love, sexual pleasure, and a woman as savior
  • Power: the prince who refused to love or Griselda reconsidered
  • Conclusion: A Decameron renaissance?

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