BETWEEN REALITY AND SYMBOL: FIERCE DOGS AND FEROCIOUS WOLVES IN THE DECAMERON.
Non-human animals have a long history of being utilized to understand human nature, and both wild and domestic canines have been particularly intertwined with humanity since ancient times. This article examines the representation of animals, and specifically of dogs and wolves, in Boccaccio's Decame...
| Publicado en: | Quaderni d'italianistica Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 109 - 130 |
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Iter Canada
2017
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