The Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective

Published by University of Toronto Press 2021

The Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective

Edited by: David Lummus

In the series Toronto Italian Studies

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487508692

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About this book

The expert readings in this collection explore the ten stories of Day Six of Boccaccio's Decameron – a day that involves meditations on language, narration, and meaning

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Lummus David :

David Lummus is co-director of the Center for Italian Studies and the Devers Family Program in Dante Studies and a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Notre Dame.

Reviews

Alyssa Falcone, Loyola University Maryland:
“An excellent contribution to the Lectura Boccaccii project and to Boccaccio studies as a whole.”

Kristina M. Olson, Associate Professor of Italian, George Mason University:

"Though the Sixth Day is the shortest giornata of the Decameron, its novelle are anything but inconsequential. The chapters in this volume are written by leading voices in the field who adopt a variety of perspectives to penetrate the many layers of significance in these stories. This collection is a necessary reference for anyone interested in the Decameron."

Martin Eisner, Chair of Romance Studies and Professor of Italian, Duke University :

"While critics have long understood the brief stories of Day Six as crucial distillations of Boccaccio’s thoughts on literature, these essays seek out new perspectives and approaches to show how the stories also engage issues of class, gender, politics, philosophy, and religion. Analyzing connections to the Bible, Ovid, medieval bestiaries, Dante, legal documents, and Boccaccio’s own earlier works, the contributors both illuminate and deepen the mysteries of these remarkable (and remarkably short) stories. The rich diversity of ideas explored in this volume will engage readers and spur new interpretations."

Millicent Marcus, Professor of Italian Studies, Yale University:

"Should anyone doubt that the exhaustively studied tales of Madonna Oretta, Cisti fornaio, Chichibio, Giotto, Cavalcanti, and Frate Cipolla can nonetheless yield new interpretive insights, David Lummus’ expertly curated anthology of essays should put such doubts to rest. This is a series of strikingly original readings which balance traditional techniques of close analysis with feminist, historicist, semiotic, ideological, and other theoretical approaches to the text. In so doing, these essays make the strongest possible case for the centrality of Day Six to the Decameron’s faith in the triumphant agency of the human word."

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Introduction David Lummus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 The Tale of Madonna Oretta (VI.1) Teresa Kennedy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2 The Tale of Cisti the Baker (VI.2) Giulia Cardillo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3 The Tale of Nonna de’ Pulci (VI.3) Guyda Armstrong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
4 The Tale of Chichibio and the Crane (VI.4) James C. Kriesel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
5 The Tale of Forese da Rabatta and Giotto (VI.5) Zygmunt G. Barański Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
6 The Tale of Michele Scalza (VI.6) Peter Carravetta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
7 The Tale of Madonna Filippa (VI.7) Bernardo Piciché Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
8 The Tale of Cesca and the Mirror (VI.8) Aileen A. Feng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
9 The Tale of Cavalcanti’s Leap (VI.9) Maria Lettiero Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
10 The Tale of Frate Cipolla (VI.10) Cormac Ó. Cuilleanáin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
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Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 296
Keywords: Giovanni Boccaccio; Decameron; Day 6; storytelling; Medieval Italian novella; short story collections; medieval short story; Motto; Giotto; Guido Cavalcanti; quarantine; plague; lecturae; Tale of Madonna

eBook

Published: June 1, 2021
ISBN: 9781487508692