"Best known as the author of the Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio is a key figure in Italian literature. In the mid-fourteenth century, however, Boccaccio was also deeply involved in the politics of Florence and the extent of his involvement steered and inspired his work as a writer. Boccaccio’s F...

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1. Verfasser:	Filosa, Elsa (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Toronto ; Buffalo ; London University of Toronto Press 2022
Schriftenreihe:	Toronto Italian studies
Schlagworte:	Boccaccio, Giovanni / 1313-1375 / Criticism and interpretation Politics in literature History in literature Florence (Italy) / Politics and government / To 1421 Florence (Italy) / History / To 1421
Zusammenfassung:	"Best known as the author of the Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio is a key figure in Italian literature. In the mid-fourteenth century, however, Boccaccio was also deeply involved in the politics of Florence and the extent of his involvement steered and inspired his work as a writer. Boccaccio’s Florence explores the financial, political, and social turbulence of Florence at this time, as well as the major players in literary and political circles, to understand the complex ways they emerged in Boccaccio’s writing. Based on extensive archival research and close reading of Boccaccio’s works, the book aims to recover the dynamics of the Florentine conspiracy of 1360 and how this event affected Boccaccio’s writing, arguing that his works reveal clear references to this episode when read in light of the reconstructed historical context. In this rich and textured picture of the man in his time, Elsa Filosa documents a microhistory of connections and interconnections and offers new, more political and historically imbedded readings of Boccaccio’s seminal works."--
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	pages cm
ISBN:	1487505809 9781487505806