Cover Image

Law and mimesis in Boccaccio's Decameron : realism on trial /

Justin Steinberg's field-defining work on Boccaccio's Decameron shows how historical changes in the prosecution of crime profoundly influenced literary realism. Arguing that the Decameron's trials respond to a crisis in verisimilitude, the book engages scholars and students of medieva...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steinberg, Justin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2023].
Subjects:
Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375. > Decamerone.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375 > Knowledge > Law.
Law in literature.
Law and literature > Italy > History > To 1500.
Table of Contents:
  • The novella on trial
  • The artist and the police
  • The widow and the sovereign
  • Torture and the sense of an ending
  • Another way of possessing
  • The author on trial.