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OverviewSelected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 1996 The Decameron is a narrative account of a situation in which narration takes place-a collection of one hundred stories set within a larger story. As a group of young men and women fleeing the plague trade stories to pass the time of crisis, storytelling occurs in a social context that allows for comment upon the tales by the tellers themselves, in a setting that elicits one story in return for another. In his close and original analysis, Pier Massimo Forni uses the notion of rhetoric as a guiding principle for a critical assessment of the Decameron. He explores the discursive tools with which the narrators connect the contents of their stories to their audience's environment, and goes on to argue that the book is significantly marked by Boccaccio's habit of exploring the narrative potential of rhetorical forms. By showing how the Decameron marks a new stage in the development of vernacular realism, Forni also charts a new course in Boccaccio criticism. Viewing the cultural and rhetorical context of the medieval masterpiece from a fresh perspective, he offers intriguing insights into the functioning of Boccaccio's narrative. Adventures in Speech maps the cognitive poetic processes that rule the complex authorial network of relationships involving speech, event, received culture, and narrative objects. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pier Massimo ForniPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.500kg ISBN: 9780812233384ISBN 10: 0812233387 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 29 March 1996 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments PART I THE RHETORIC OF SELECTION AND RESPONSE Chapter 1: Configurations of Discourse Chapter 2: Pleasure and Response PART II THE RHETORIC OF BEGINNINGS Chapter 3: Realism and the Needs of the Story PART III RHETORIC AND IMAGINATION Chapter 4: The Poetics of Realization Chapter 5: Rhetoric and Narration in the Story of Zima Afterword Appendix: Horror of Incest and Seduction of Literature in Boccaccio's Decameron Notes Works Consulted IndexReviewsAuthor InformationPier Massimo Forni is Professor of Italian Studies at The Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of Forme complesse nel Decameron. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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