Boccaccio’s Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance

1. Introduction: Cicero and the Decameron
Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin

2. Ingegno—The Individual and Authority: Decameron, Day I
Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin

3. Ingegno—Wit as the Soul of Action: Day II
Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin

4. Ingegno—Wit as Misdirection and Iconoclasm: Day III
Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin

5. Reason’s Debt to Passion: Day IV
Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin

6. The Shock of Recognition: Day V
Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin

7. Misrule and Inspiration: Day VI
Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin

8. Valley of Ingegno: Day VII
Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin

9. Boccaccio’s Ship of Fools: Day VIII
Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin

10. Truth, Lie, and Eloquence: Day IX
Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin

11. The Ciceronian Synthesis: Day X and Author’s Conclusion
Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin

12. Epilogue: The Decameron and Italian Culture
Michaela Paasche Grudin, Robert Grudin

Keywords: Literature, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, History of Medieval Europe, Medieval Literature, World History, Global and Transnational History, Classical and Antique Literature, Anthropology