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The Writer as Liar - Narrative Technique in the Decameron (Hardcover)
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The Writer as Liar - Narrative Technique in the Decameron (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Medieval World
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Originally published in 1975, The Writer as Liar examines the
literary game of falsehood as it is portrayed in the Decameron. The
book examines how Boccaccio's collection of tales has a 'frame'
story, its own built-in key to the art of story-telling, its
internal logic of truth and falsehood, as well as its moments of
self-parody, pure narrative intrigue and sophisticated sexual
symbolism. The book formulates the argument that Boccaccio's story
telling is seen as an artfully malicious operation, depending for
its success not on some abstract concept of narrative originality
or the accurate depiction of human psychology, but on the
combinative assemblage of narrative blocks, which are manipulated
by a craftsman who must lie and cheat with raw material in order to
produce a living work - therefore depicting the artist as a liar.
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