Martin Eisner: 1 book
Boccaccio and the Invention of Italian Literature
Dante, Petrarch, Cavalcanti, and the Authority of the Vernacular
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Giovanni Boccaccio played a pivotal role in the extraordinary emergence of the Italian literary tradition in the fourteenth century, not only as author of the Decameron, but also as scribe of Dante, Petrarch and Cavalcanti. Using a single codex written entirely in Boccaccio's hand, Martin Eisner brings...
