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The Patient Griselda Myth : Looking at Late Medieval and Early Modern European Literature / Madeline Rüegg.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (VIII, 408 p.)Content type:
  • text
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ISBN:
  • 9783110628715
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Griselda-From ambiguous fictive character to the embodiment of various ideals -- Part II: The socio-political implications of social exogamy -- Part III: The state-as-household metaphor and tyranny in the patient Griselda myth, between political criticism and literary convention as propaganda -- Conclusion -- Work Cited -- Index
Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE DG 2019 EnglishTitle is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 EnglishTitle is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural and Area Stud. 2019 EnglishTitle is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural and Area Studies 2019Dissertation note: Dissertation Freie Universität Berlin 2017. Summary: From the 14th until the 19th century the last novella of Boccaccio's Decameron, also known as the Griselda story, has been translated and adapted countless times in many European languages. This story's success can be explained by considering it a myth and analysing how this myth engages with contemporary discourses, such as the definition of the ideal wife, the querelle des femmes, the socio-political consequences of social exogamy, and tyranny.
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Dissertation Freie Universität Berlin 2017.

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Griselda-From ambiguous fictive character to the embodiment of various ideals -- Part II: The socio-political implications of social exogamy -- Part III: The state-as-household metaphor and tyranny in the patient Griselda myth, between political criticism and literary convention as propaganda -- Conclusion -- Work Cited -- Index

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From the 14th until the 19th century the last novella of Boccaccio's Decameron, also known as the Griselda story, has been translated and adapted countless times in many European languages. This story's success can be explained by considering it a myth and analysing how this myth engages with contemporary discourses, such as the definition of the ideal wife, the querelle des femmes, the socio-political consequences of social exogamy, and tyranny.

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