| Description |
1 online resource (278 pages) |
| Series |
Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library series |
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Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library series
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| Contents |
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- SIX TALES AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS -- ONE -- 1. Ricciarda -- 2. The Real in the Imaginary: Ricciarda -- TWO -- 1. Scopone -- 2. Ceremonies of Identity: Scopone -- THREE -- 1. Friar and Priest -- 2. A Ritual Cleansing: Friar and Priest -- FOUR -- 1. Bianco Alfani -- 2. The Wages of Social Sin: Bianco Alfani -- FIVE -- 1. Giacoppo -- 2. A Patriotic Prank: Giacoppo -- SIX -- 1. The Fat Woodcarver -- 2. Who Does He Think He Is? The Fat Woodcarver -- Bibliographic Commentary -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Ab -- c -- d -- e -- f -- g -- h -- i -- k -- l -- m -- n -- o -- p -- r -- s -- t -- u -- v |
| Summary |
"This collection of six tales offers enticing views into the history of Renaissance Italy, with fiction and fictional modes becoming gateways to a real, historical world. All written between 1400 and 1500 - among them a rare gem by Lorenzo the Magnificent and a famous account featuring Filippo Brunelleschi - the stories are presented here in lively translations ... The tales deal with marriage, deception, rural manners, gender relations, social ambitions, adultery, homosexuality, and the demands of individual identity. Each is accompanied by an essay in which Lauro Martines situates the story in its temporal context, transforming it into an outright historical document"--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-272) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Italian fiction -- 15th century -- Translations into English
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Short stories, Italian -- Translations into English
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FICTION -- General.
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HISTORY -- Renaissance.
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Italian fiction
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Short stories, Italian
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Erzählung
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Italienisch.
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories, Italian
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Translations
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Anthologie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Baca, Murtha
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Martines, Lauro
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| ISBN |
9781442670815 |
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1442670819 |
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