Courtesy Lost – Dante, Boccaccio, and the Literature of History Olson Paperback

Courtesy Lost\nby Kristina Marie Olson\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Kristina Marie Olson\nTitle: Courtesy Lost\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social and cultural history\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press\nPublication year: 2015\nISBN-13: 9781442629264\nISBN-10: 1442629266\nRRP: \u00A327.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nIn Courtesy Lost, Kristina M. Olson analyses the literary impact of the social, political, and economic transformations of the fourteenth century through an exploration of Dante\u2019s literary and political influence on Boccaccio. The book reveals how Boccaccio rewrote the past through the lens of the Commedia, torn between nostalgia for elite families in decline and the need to promote morality and magnanimity within the Florentine Republic..