Columbia University Press, Date: 2005. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2005. Columbia University Press ISBN 0231136080 9780231136082 [US]

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Columbia Univ Pr, Date: 2005. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 208 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. 2005. Columbia Univ Pr ISBN 0231136080 9780231136082 [GB]

Columbia University Press 2005 Hard cover New Kuhns approaches Decameronfrom a variety of literary, philosophical, and historical perspectives. He argues that Decameroncontains a theory of storytelling and reveals the ways in which Decameron'scomic and sexual elements lead into philosophical debate and moral argument. Kuhns also suggests that Decameronis one of the first self-conscious creations of a "total work of art." Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 half-tone. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544. 2005. Hardback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.

Columbia University Press 2005 Hard cover Good. No jacket Signed to Virginia and Martin Davis, the Mathematician Jacket is shelf worn and rubbed with a small closed tear near the bottom edge of the hinge. The top and bottom edges of the spine are creased and bumped. The corners of the cover are slightly dented. The spine is chipped. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.

ISBN10: 0231136080, ISBN13: 9780231136082, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. In this creative and engaging reading, Richard Kuhns explores the ways in which Decameron'ssexual themes lead into philosophical inquiry, moral argument, and aesthetic and literary criticism. As he reveals the stories' many philosophical insights and literary pleasures, Kuhns also examines Decameronin the context of the nature of storytelling, its relationship to other classic works of literature, and the culture of trecento Italy.Stories and storytelling are to be interpreted in terms of a wider cultural context that includes masks, metamorphosis, mythic themes, and character analysis, all of which Boccaccio explores with wit and subtlety. As a storyteller, Boccaccio represents himself as literary pimp, conceiving the relationship between storyteller and audience in sexual terms within a tradition that goes back as far as Socrates' conversations with the young Athenians. As a whole, Boccaccio's great collection of stories creates a trenchant criticism of the ideas that dominated his social and cultural world. Addressed as it is to women who were denied opportunities for education, the author's stories create a university of wise and culturally observant texts. He teaches that comic, religious, sexual, and artistic themes can be seen to function as metaphors for hidden and often dangerous unorthodox thoughts. Kuhns suggests that ...