Book contents
- Boccaccio and the Invention of Italian Literature
- Series page
- Frontispiece
- Boccaccio and the Invention of Italian Literature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations for frequently cited works
- Introduction Boccaccio between Dante and Petrarch
- Chapter One Dante's dirty feet and the limping republic
- Chapter Two Dante's shame and Boccaccio's paratextual praise
- Chapter Three The making of Petrarch's vernacular Book of Fragments(Fragmentorum liber)
- Chapter Four The inventive scribe
- Epilogue The allegory of the vernacular
- Series page
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Notes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2013
- Boccaccio and the Invention of Italian Literature
- Series page
- Frontispiece
- Boccaccio and the Invention of Italian Literature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations for frequently cited works
- Introduction Boccaccio between Dante and Petrarch
- Chapter One Dante's dirty feet and the limping republic
- Chapter Two Dante's shame and Boccaccio's paratextual praise
- Chapter Three The making of Petrarch's vernacular Book of Fragments(Fragmentorum liber)
- Chapter Four The inventive scribe
- Epilogue The allegory of the vernacular
- Series page
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Chapter
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- Boccaccio and the Invention of Italian LiteratureDante, Petrarch, Cavalcanti, and the Authority of the Vernacular, pp. 117 - 195Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013