Boccaccio Between Naples and Florence, or the Desire to Become Two: Gendering the Author’s Past in the Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta.
The history of the critical reception of the Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta (1343-44) exemplifies the various approaches that have characterized scholarly debates on Boccaccio’s works. In the case of theElegia, Boccaccio’s decision to construct the authorial persona as a woman has led to contrasting, s...
| Publicado en: | Italian Studies Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 205 - 218 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May2017
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