Dante, Boccaccio, and the Literature of History
by
Kristina Marie Olson
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014
In Courtesy Lost, Kristina M. Olson analyses the literary impact of the social, political, and economic transformations of the fourteenth century through an exploration of Dante’s literary and political influence on Boccaccio. The book reveals how Boccaccio rewrote the past through the lens of the...