1st Edition
Storytelling as Plague Prevention in Medieval and Early Modern Italy The Decameron Tradition
By Martin Marafioti
Copyright 2018
154 Pages
by
Routledge
154 Pages
by
Routledge
154 Pages
by
Routledge
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Through close readings of five Italian collections of novellas written over a 500-year period, Martin Marafioti explores the literary tradition of storytelling, and particularly its efficacy as a healing tool following traumatic visitations from the plague. In this study, Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron provides the framework for later authors. Although Boccaccio was not the first writer to deal... Read more
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Biography
Martin Marafioti is assistant professor of Italian at Pace University, USA.
