Boccaccio and the Invention of Musical Narrative

by Eleonora M. Beck

This groundbreaking book argues that Boccaccio perfected a literary genre called "musical narrative," which was copied by generations of authors from Bembo to Machiavelli, Tolkien to J.K. Rowling. Musical narrative consists of a work of prose with inserted poetical texts, in which the author indicates that the texts are to be sung. Beck traces the genre back to the biblical Exodus and forward to Zarlino, Monteverdi and early opera. In her interdisciplinary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8883980840
• ISBN13: 9788883980848
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: European Press Academic Publishing
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"