Boccaccio's Naked Muse: Eros, Culture, and the Mythopoeic Imagination

Tobias Foster Gittes

Published by University of Toronto Press 2008

Boccaccio's Naked Muse

Eros, Culture, and the Mythopoeic Imagination

Tobias Foster Gittes

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442687462

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Venturing outside the Decameron to the Latin works, and outside the usual textual and intertextual readings of Boccaccio to more broadly cultural and anthropological material, Boccaccio's Naked Muse offers fresh insights on this hugely significant literary figure.

Author / Editor information

Gittes Tobias Foster :

Tobias Foster Gittes is an assistant professor in the Liberal Ars College at Concordia University.

Reviews

Jason M. Houston, Speculum, October 2009:
Gittes's study of Boccaccio offers the most comprehensive and convincing account of Boccaccio in recent years. The book is often delightful to read. Gittes peppers his prose with brief but lucid insights as well as humor that had me chuckling while reading.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
A Note on the Translations and Editions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Universal Myths of Origin: Boccaccio and the Golden Age Motif Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
2. Local Myths of Origin: The Birth of the City and the Self Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
3. The Myth of a New Beginning: Boccaccio’s Palingenetic Paradise Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
4. The Myth of Historical Foresight: Babel and Beyond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Works Consulted Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 370

eBook

Published: April 5, 2008
ISBN: 9781442687462