{"product_id":"boccaccios-florence-politics-and-people-in-his-life-and-work-hardcover","title":"Boccaccio's Florence: Politics and People in His Life and Work - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElsa Filosa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest known as the author of the \u003ci\u003eDecameron, \u003c\/i\u003eGiovanni Boccaccio is a key figure in Italian literature. In the mid-fourteenth century, however, Boccaccio was also deeply involved in the politics of Florence and the extent of his involvement steered and inspired his work as a writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoccaccio's Florence \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the financial, political, and social turbulence of Florence at this time, as well as the major players in literary and political circles, to understand the complex ways they emerged in Boccaccio's writing. Based on extensive archival research and close reading of Boccaccio's works, the book aims to recover the dynamics of the Florentine conspiracy of 1360 and how this event affected Boccaccio's writing, arguing that his works reveal clear references to this episode when read in light of the reconstructed historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this rich and textured picture of the man in his time, Elsa Filosa \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edocuments a microhistory of connections and interconnections and offers new, more political and historically imbedded readings of Boccaccio's seminal works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 09, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42152163836039,"sku":"9781487505806","price":179.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3380e6f883913433edc902c6c2fd9157.webp?v=1733212120","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/boccaccios-florence-politics-and-people-in-his-life-and-work-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}