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OverviewIn Courtesy Lost, Kristina M. Olson analyses the literary impact of the social, political, and economic transformations of the fourteenth century through an exploration of Dante's literary and political influence on Boccaccio. The book reveals how Boccaccio rewrote the past through the lens of the Commedia, torn between nostalgia for elite families in decline and the need to promote morality and magnanimity within the Florentine Republic. By examining the passages in Boccaccio's Decameron, De casibus, and Esposizioni in which the author rewrites moments in Florentine and Italian history that had also appeared in Dante's Commedia, Olson illuminates the ways in which Boccaccio expressed his deep ambivalence towards the political and social changes of his era. She illustrates this through an analysis of Dante's and Boccaccio's treatments of the idea of courtesy, or cortesia, in an era when the chivalry of the declining aristocracy was being supplanted by the civility of the rising merchant classes. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kristina Marie OlsonPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.390kg ISBN: 9781442629264ISBN 10: 1442629266 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 23 November 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction “Fateci dipingere la Cortesia”: Historicizing Cortesia Chapter One Boccaccio’s History of Cortesia: The Incivility and Greed of Elite Families Cortesia and the Florentine Elite from the Early Commune to the Age of Dante The Dantean cornice of Inf. 16 and “cortesia” lost: Decameron 1.8, 6.9 and Esposizioni 16 The Greed of the Genoese (but not Florentine) Elite: Decameron 1.8, Guiglielmo Borsiere, and Ermino Grimaldi The Incivility of Cortesia: Decameron 6.9, Betto Brunelleschi and Guido Cavalcanti Chapter Two The Politics of Cortesia: Historicizing the Elite and the gente nuova Florentine Politics and Economics from Dante to Boccaccio: The Older Elite Families and the gente nuova From Dantean Prophecy to Boccaccian Enactment: Florence from 1300-1302 Figuring Florentine Conflict: Corso Donati (cortesia) versus Vieri de’ Cerchi (avarizia) The Elite and the popolo: The Case of Cisti and Geri Spini The Arno Runs Red: Narrating Florentine Violence Chapter Three The Ethical (and Dantean) Framework of the Decameron: The Avarice of Clerics and Merchants Cangrande della Scala: Dante’s Generous Host Experiences an Unusual, and Momentary, Affliction of Avarice Pope Boniface VIII: Figuring Avarice at the Beginning and End of the Decameron A Tempered “epopea dei mercatanti”: Musciatto Franzesi and the Avarice of the Merchant Class The Dantean cornice of Avarice: Esposizioni 1 and Decameron 10.3 From Finance to Fowling: The Case of the Gianfigliazzi Family Chapter Four Constructing a Future for Cortesia in the Past: Virility, Nobility, and the History of the Guelphs and the Ghibellines The Familial Court of Cortesia: The Civil Acts of the Malaspina Family Cortesia Was Chaste: The Virility of the Guelphs and the Ghibellines Virility as Nobility: Cortesia in Romagna BibliographyReviewsEmploying a theoretically diverse methodology and careful attention to historical detail, Olson offers new insights on the relationship between Dante and Boccaccio, the social and literary culture of 14th-centuiry Italy, and the increasing tensions between the aristocracy and the rising middle class. -- D. Pesta Choice 'In this interesting study, Olson offers new insights on the relationship between Dante and Boccaccio, the social and literary culture of 14th-century Italy, and the increasing tensions between the aristocracy and the rising middle class.' -- D.Pesta Choice Magazine vol 52:09:2015 "'An enjoyable and very informative work... This book would be an indispensable addition to any medievalist's library.' -- Alfred R. Crudale Annali D'Italianistica vol 35:2016 ""Employing a theoretically diverse methodology and careful attention to historical detail, Olson offers new insights on the relationship between Dante and Boccaccio, the social and literary culture of 14th-centuiry Italy, and the increasing tensions between the aristocracy and the rising middle class."" -- D. Pesta Choice 'In this interesting study, Olson offers new insights on the relationship between Dante and Boccaccio, the social and literary culture of 14th-century Italy, and the increasing tensions between the aristocracy and the rising middle class.' -- D.Pesta Choice Magazine vol 52:09:2015" Author InformationKristina M. Olson is an assistant professor of Italian in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at George Mason University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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