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The World at Play in Boccaccio’s Decameron

The World at Play in Boccaccio’s Decameron

Giuseppe Mazzotta

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Princeton University Press
Año de edición:
2016
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Literatura: historia y crítica
ISBN:
9780691638928

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Giuseppe Mazzotta provides both a powerful framework for reading the Decameron and an important contribution to medieval and contemporary debates in esthetics.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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