Courtesy lost : Dante, Boccaccio, and the literature of history /
Olson, Kristina,
Courtesy lost : Dante, Boccaccio, and the literature of history / Kristina M. Olson. - 1 online resource - Toronto Italian studies . - Toronto Italian studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. "Fateci dipignere la Cortesia": Historicizing cortesia -- 1 Boccaccio's History of cortesia: The Incivility and Greed of the Elite -- 2 Boccaccio's Politics of cortesia: Narrating the Elite and the gente nuova -- 3 The Ethical (and Dantean) Framework of the Decameron: The Avarice of Clerics and Merchants -- 4 Constructing a Future for cortesia in the Past: Virility, Nobility, and the History of the Guelphs and the Ghibellines.
In Courtesy Lost, Kristina M. Olson analyses the literary impact of the social, political, and economic transformations of the fourteenth century through an exploration of Dante's literary and political influence on Boccaccio.
9781442667181 (electronic bk.) 1442667184 (electronic bk.) 9781442667198 (e-book) 1442667192
10.3138/9781442667181 doi
22573/ctt8zhp9t JSTOR
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 --Criticism and interpretation.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 --Influence.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
To 1421
Courtesy in literature.
Chivalry in literature.
Chevalerie dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--Italian.
HISTORY--Renaissance.
Chivalry in literature.
Courtesy in literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Florence (Italy)--History--To 1421.
Florence (Italie)--Histoire--Jusqu'à 1421.
Italy--Florence.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PQ4293.H5 / O47 2014eb
858/.109
Courtesy lost : Dante, Boccaccio, and the literature of history / Kristina M. Olson. - 1 online resource - Toronto Italian studies . - Toronto Italian studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. "Fateci dipignere la Cortesia": Historicizing cortesia -- 1 Boccaccio's History of cortesia: The Incivility and Greed of the Elite -- 2 Boccaccio's Politics of cortesia: Narrating the Elite and the gente nuova -- 3 The Ethical (and Dantean) Framework of the Decameron: The Avarice of Clerics and Merchants -- 4 Constructing a Future for cortesia in the Past: Virility, Nobility, and the History of the Guelphs and the Ghibellines.
In Courtesy Lost, Kristina M. Olson analyses the literary impact of the social, political, and economic transformations of the fourteenth century through an exploration of Dante's literary and political influence on Boccaccio.
9781442667181 (electronic bk.) 1442667184 (electronic bk.) 9781442667198 (e-book) 1442667192
10.3138/9781442667181 doi
22573/ctt8zhp9t JSTOR
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 --Criticism and interpretation.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 --Influence.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
To 1421
Courtesy in literature.
Chivalry in literature.
Chevalerie dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--Italian.
HISTORY--Renaissance.
Chivalry in literature.
Courtesy in literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Florence (Italy)--History--To 1421.
Florence (Italie)--Histoire--Jusqu'à 1421.
Italy--Florence.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PQ4293.H5 / O47 2014eb
858/.109