Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-240) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. The novella on trial -- 2. The artist and the police -- 3. The widow and the sovereign -- 4. Torture and the sense of an ending -- 5. Another way of possessing -- 6. The author on trial.
Summary:
"Justin Steinberg's field-defining work on Boccaccio's Decameron shows how historical changes in the prosecution of crime profoundly influenced literary realism. Arguing that the Decameron's trials respond to a crisis in verisimilitude, the book engages scholars and students of medieval and early modern studies, literary theory and legal history"-- Provided by publisher.
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