The Ninth Day of Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron is significant both
for numerological and structural reasons. Whether we consider the
Decameron as reproducing an itinerary toward the attainment of
virtue or following other possible interpretive schematics, Day
Nine remains a liminal moment of pause before the inception of the
final stories dedicated to the highest civic virtues of liberality
and magnificence. This collection is composed of extensive and
rigorous essays by leading experts in the field of Boccaccio
studies and medieval literature, shedding new critical light on the
Ninth Day. The volume incorporates a multitude of disciplinary
perspectives including literary studies, visual arts, political
history, and gender studies. Taking a holistic approach, the
contributors to the volume trace the dense and multi-layered web of
interrelations between the narrative units and the rest of the
Decameron. Connections between individual stories are highlighted
and interactions between Day Nine and its counterparts in the book
are analysed. In doing so, The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective
synthesizes existing scholarship but also opens up new horizons for
future work.
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