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Love and Sex in the Time of Plague - A Decameron Renaissance (Hardcover)
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Love and Sex in the Time of Plague - A Decameron Renaissance (Hardcover)
Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History
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As a pandemic swept across fourteenth-century Europe, the Decameron
offered the ill and grieving a symphony of life and love. For
Florentines, the world seemed to be coming to an end. In 1348 the
first wave of the Black Death swept across the Italian city,
reducing its population from more than 100,000 to less than 40,000.
The disease would eventually kill at least half of the population
of Europe. Amid the devastation, Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron
was born. One of the masterpieces of world literature, the
Decameron has captivated centuries of readers with its vivid tales
of love, loyalty, betrayal, and sex. Despite the death that
overwhelmed Florence, Boccaccio’s collection of novelle was, in
Guido Ruggiero’s words, a “symphony of life.” Love and Sex in
the Time of Plague guides twenty-first-century readers back to
Boccaccio’s world to recapture how his work sounded to
fourteenth-century ears. Through insightful discussions of the
Decameron’s cherished stories and deep portraits of Florentine
culture, Ruggiero explores love and sexual relations in a society
undergoing convulsive change. In the century before the plague
arrived, Florence had become one of the richest and most powerful
cities in Europe. With the medieval nobility in decline, a new
polity was emerging, driven by Il Popolo—the people, fractious
and enterprising. Boccaccio’s stories had a special resonance in
this age of upheaval, as Florentines sought new notions of truth
and virtue to meet both the despair and the possibility of the
moment.
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Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History |
Release date: |
June 2021 |
Authors: |
Guido Ruggiero
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-25782-5 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-674-25782-0 |
Barcode: |
9780674257825 |
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