176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.... Read more
Introduction
1. Narrative Screens
2. Literature and Falsehood
3. Bawdry and Ars Combinatoria
4. The Meaning of a Storm
5. Passion and Metaphor
Bibliographical Conventions
Index
Biography
Guido Almansi
