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Stories about pranks figure prominently in Boccaccio’s
Decameron. This book explores Boccaccio’s poetics of repetition, accumulation, and contiguity in Day Eight, a day rich in tales of practical jokes.
List of contents
Introduction
William Robins
1. The Tale of Gulfardo and Ambruogia (Decameron VIII.1)
K.P. Clarke
2. Obscene Exchanges (Decameron VIII.2)
Maggie Fritz-Morkin
3. The Artist and the Police: Calandrino’s Invisibility and the Legal Fictions of Decameron VIII.3
Justin Steinberg
4. Monna Piccarda, Ciutazza, and the Provost of Fiesole: An Absence of Beauty (Decameron VIII.4)
Katherine A. Brown
5. The Jokesters and the Judge (Decameron VIII.5)
William Robins and Leah Faibisoff
6. The Tale of Calandrino and the Stolen Pig (Decameron VIII.6)
Rhiannon Daniels
7. The Scholar and the Widow: Corrupt Appetite and Moral Failure in Society’s Intellectual Elite (Decameron VIII.7)
Teodolinda Barolini
8. Doing Unto Others, or Sienese Polyamory (Decameron VIII.8)
Olivia Holmes
9. The Three Faults of Master Simone (Decameron VIII.9)
Elisa Brilli
10. The Tale of Salabaetto and Iancofiore (Decameron VIII.10)
Roberta Morosini
Bibliography
About the author
William Robins is president of Victoria University and associate professor of English and Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto.
Summary
Stories about pranks figure prominently in Boccaccio’s Decameron. This book explores Boccaccio’s poetics of repetition, accumulation, and contiguity in Day Eight, a day rich in tales of practical jokes.
