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Using a fourfold approach derived from symbolic anthropology, sociology, semiotics, and philology, Joy Hambuechen Potter focuses on the cornice, or frame tale, of the Decameron, its purpose, and its relationship to the stories. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make avai



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*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Introductions, pg. 1*CHAPTER I. Society and Ritual in the Cornice, pg. 11*CHAPTER II. God, Church, and Society in the Decameron, pg. 41*CHAPTER III . The Significance of the Signifier, pg. 68*CHAPTER IV. Codes, Systems, and Cultural Models in the Cornice, pg. 94*CHAPTER V. The Function of Framing in the Decameron, pg. 120*Conclusion, pg. 152*Notes, pg. 156*Bibliography, pg. 216*Index, pg. 225

Five Frames for the Decameron Communication and

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 14 July 2014
      ISBN-13 9780691614250
      978-0691614250
      ISBN-10 0691614253
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Using a fourfold approach derived from symbolic anthropology, sociology, semiotics, and philology, Joy Hambuechen Potter focuses on the cornice, or frame tale, of the Decameron, its purpose, and its relationship to the stories. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make avai



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Introductions, pg. 1*CHAPTER I. Society and Ritual in the Cornice, pg. 11*CHAPTER II. God, Church, and Society in the Decameron, pg. 41*CHAPTER III . The Significance of the Signifier, pg. 68*CHAPTER IV. Codes, Systems, and Cultural Models in the Cornice, pg. 94*CHAPTER V. The Function of Framing in the Decameron, pg. 120*Conclusion, pg. 152*Notes, pg. 156*Bibliography, pg. 216*Index, pg. 225

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