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ISBN10: 0226062767, ISBN13: 9780226062761, [publisher: University of Chicago Press] Softcover
[Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1990]
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Paperback / softback. New. A milestone in feminist literature, this marvelous European romance, narrated by a woman, is considered the first psychological novel in a modern language and a precursor of stream-of-consciousness fiction. Written by Giovanni Boccaccio between 1343 and 1345, The Elegy has never before been available in a complete or accurate English translation. Lady Fiammetta, the first-person narrator and protagonist, recounts how, although a married woman, she falls in love with a handsome young foreigner named Panfilo and, driven by irresistible passion, becomes his lover. Panfilo subsequently abandons Fiammetta and returns to his native land, where his elderly father is said to be dying. When he fails to keep his promise to return, Fiammetta, in what is the heart of the narrative, describes her longings, her anguish, and her despair. A host of contradictory sentiments drive her to desperation and to an unsuccessful suicide attempt. After a time, Fiammetta resumes her futile wait for Panfilo. She finally resolves to seek him out in his native land. Disguising her true intent from her husband, she secures his promise to help her in this undertaking. Addressing an exclusively female audience, Fiammetta warns them about the vicious ways of men. Her whole narrative, in fact, adds up to an indictment of men as both readers and lovers. Eliciting a remarkably wide range of responses from readers and critics, Fiammetta has been variously described as a pathetic ...

University of Chicago Press, Date: 1990-11-15. 1. paperback. Used:Good. 1990. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0226062767 9780226062761 [US]

Univ of Chicago Pr, Date: 1990. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 200 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches. 1990. Univ of Chicago Pr ISBN 0226062767 9780226062761 [GB]

Univ of Chicago Pr 1990 2nd ed. Softcover New 1st edition. 200 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches.

ISBN10: 0226062767, ISBN13: 9780226062761, [publisher: University of Chicago Press] Softcover 182 p. Ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar/ A very good and clean copy. - Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta, or The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta in English, is a novel by the Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio, probably written between 1343 and 1344. Written in the form of a first-person confessional monologue, it describes the protagonist, Fiammetta's, passion for Panfilo, a Florentine merchant, and takes place in Naples. It has been characterised as the first psychological novel in Western literature. It consists of a prologue and nine chapters (Wikipedia). CONTENT: ONE In which Fiammetta describes who she was, by what signs her future miseries were foreshadowed, and when, where, how, and with whom she fell in love, along with the pleasure that followed. TWO In which Lady Fiammetta tells why her lover left her and describes his departure and the suffering it caused her. THREE In which is demonstrated how many and what kinds of thoughts and pastimes this lady engaged in while waiting for the time when her lover had promised to return. FOUR In which this Lady tells of the thoughts she had and of the life she led when the date of Panfilo's return arrived without his coming back. FIVE In which Fiammetta shows how she heard that Panfilo had taken a wife and then tells of the anguish in which she lived while despairing of his return. SIX In which Lady Fiammetta tells how she ...