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Boccaccio’s Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: The New Middle Ages (TNMA)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction: Cicero and the Decameron

    • Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin
    Pages 1-15
  3. Ingegno—The Individual and Authority: Decameron, Day I

    • Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin
    Pages 17-29
  4. Ingegno—Wit as the Soul of Action: Day II

    • Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin
    Pages 31-41
  5. Ingegno—Wit as Misdirection and Iconoclasm: Day III

    • Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin
    Pages 43-53
  6. Reason’s Debt to Passion: Day IV

    • Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin
    Pages 55-65
  7. The Shock of Recognition: Day V

    • Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin
    Pages 67-78
  8. Misrule and Inspiration: Day VI

    • Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin
    Pages 79-91
  9. Valley of Ingegno: Day VII

    • Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin
    Pages 93-103
  10. Boccaccio’s Ship of Fools: Day VIII

    • Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin
    Pages 105-116
  11. Truth, Lie, and Eloquence: Day IX

    • Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin
    Pages 117-127
  12. The Ciceronian Synthesis: Day X and Author’s Conclusion

    • Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin
    Pages 129-146
  13. Epilogue: The Decameron and Italian Culture

    • Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin
    Pages 147-150
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 151-186

About this book

Boccaccio's  Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance  demonstrates that Boccaccio's puzzling masterpiece takes on organic consistency when viewed as an early modern adaptation of a pre-Christian, humanistic vision.

Reviews

"Boccaccio scholars and all readers interested in the Decameron who are tempted to dismiss this study for its title's last words - the Ciceronian Renaissance in the Decameron - should take heed: This substantial volume by Michaela Paasche and Robert Grudin, a wife and husband team of scholars, succeeds in offering what many other studies of comparable length have failed to do, namely, a comprehensive analysis of Boccaccio's masterpiece in its entirety from a novel perspective, which is appealing and which explains many challenging elements of Boccaccio's masterpiece." - Annali d'Italianistica

"By exposing Boccaccio's debt to Cicero, Grudin and Grudin offer a fresh and thought-provoking contribution to Decameron studies." - Speculum

About the authors

Author Michaela Paasche Grudin: Michaela Paasche Grudin is Professor Emerita at Lewis and Clark College, USA. Author Robert Grudin: Robert Grudin is Professor Emeritus at the University of Oregon, USA.

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