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Il Corbaccio, or "The Crow", is a late medieval (and/or early Renaissance) Italian literary work by Giovanni Boccaccio, traditionally dated ca. 1355.[1] Boccaccio is most famous as the author of The Decameron (completed ca. 1351-2), another work of ambiguous interpretation regarding the dolce stil novo and the antifeminist counter argument. Regarding Il Corbaccio, whether the novel's theme of misogyny is a detailed study of the attitude or a direct misogynistic expression of the author has long been a subject of debate.[2]
Scholars who consider the text to be autobiographical base their interpretaion on connecting aspects of the text to events in the author's life. The opposing view accepts the author's own reference to the work as a "trattato", or a philosophical treatment. As stated by scholar Anthony K. Cassell, "the formal elements of the treatise are part of a wide artistic tradition and contest autobiographical intention and interpretation."[1]See also
- Unrequited love
- Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta
References
- ^ a b Boccaccio, Giovanni. The Corbaccio. Trans. and Ed. Anthony K. Cassell, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1975.
- ^ http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/dec_ov/corbaccio/crit.shtml
Works by Giovanni Boccaccio Corbaccio · De Casibus Virorum Illustrium · De mulieribus claris · The Decameron · Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta · The Filocolo · Il Filostrato · Genealogia Deorum Gentilium · Teseida
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