Decameron and the Philosophy of Storytelling Author As Midwife and Pimp

Name: Decameron and the Philosophy of Storytelling Author As Midwife and Pimp
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ISBN: 9780231136082

ISBN-10: 0231136080

ISBN-13: 9780231136082

Edition: 2005

Authors: Richard Kuhns, Richard Kuhns

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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…

Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 5/11/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.93" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Richard Kuhns is professor emeritus of philosophy at Columbia University. He is the author of a number of works on the philosophical analysis of literature, including Tragedy: Contradiction and Repression; Psychoanalytic Theory of Art; Structures of Experience; and a study of Aeschylus's Oresteia.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction Storytelling: The Bankruptcy of Reality



Trecento Story and Image



Aspects of Storytelling: Dreams and Masks



Aspects of Storytelling: Reflections on the Metaphoric Power of Metamorphosis



Interpretative Method for a Decameron Tale: An Enchanted Pear Tree in Argos



The Creation of a Total Work of Art



Storytelling and Truth


Notes


Bibliography


Index