{"product_id":"the-decameron-fourth-day-in-perspective-9781487507473","title":"The Decameron Fourth Day in Perspective","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume, part of the \u003ci\u003eLectura Boccaccii\u003c\/i\u003e series organized by the American Boccaccio Association, offers close readings by top scholars of Day Four of the \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e. As fans of the \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e know, the Fourth Day opens with an important intervention in which the author defends his project against his critics, which coincides with a significant change in tone as the subject matter turns to stories with unhappy endings. The contributors approach the stories from a variety of perspectives, including the linguistic, philosophical, anthropological, and literary historical. These fresh readings of stories that are nearly seven hundred years old testify to the enduring power of Boccaccio’s masterpiece to speak to new audiences and to find compelling relevance even at a great distance from its immediate medieval context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In each of these eleven essays, the contributors offer significant innovations and are mindful to integrate the latest scholarly perspectives in their analysis. Traditional readings have […] been enriched and modernized, with special attention paid to questions of gender and the relation between spaces and plots, making this volume an innovative and essential tool for the study of the fourth day of the Decameron.\" -- Nicola Esposito, PhD Candidate, University of Notre Dame * \u003cem\u003eAnnali d’italianistica\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Note on Decameron Citations    Introduction Michael Sherberg    Love, Latinity, and Aging in the Introduction to Day Four Timothy Kircher    “A questa tanto picciola vigilia de’ vostri sensi”: Senile Recidivism, Incest, and Egotism in Decameron IV.1 Tobias Foster Gittes   Incarnation in Venice (IV.2) Alison Cornish    The Tale of the Three Ill-Starred Sisters (IV.3) Michael Papio    Love, Heroism, and Masculinity in the Tale of Gerbino (IV.4) Gur Zak    The Tale of Lisabetta da Messina (IV.5) Kristina M. Olson    The Dream of the Shadow (IV.6)  F. Regina Psaki    Spinning Yarns in Decameron IV.7 Suzanne Magnanini    Girolamo's Wicked Mother and the Setback of Reason in Taming Lovesickness (IV.8) Annelise Brody    How the vida of Guilhem de Cabestanh “quasi tutta si disfece” (IV.9) Julie Singer    Happy Endings (IV.10) Fabian Alfie   Bibliography  Contributors Index","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151281058135,"sku":"9781487507473","price":45.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487507473.jpg?v=1762960697","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-decameron-fourth-day-in-perspective-9781487507473","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}