Law and Mimesis in Boccaccio's Decameron: Realism on Trial

by Justin Steinberg

In Boccaccio's time, the Italian city-state began to take on a much more proactive role in prosecuting crime - one which superseded a largely communitarian, private approach. The emergence of the state-sponsored inquisitorial trial indeed haunts the legal proceedings staged in the Decameron. How, Justin Steinberg asks, does this significant juridical shift alter our perspective on Boccaccio's much-touted realism and literary self-consciousness? What...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316512746
• ISBN13: 9781316512746
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"