Paroimia Brusantino, Florio, Sarnelli, and Italian proverbs from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

"Proverbs constitute a rich archive of historical, cultural, and linguistic significance that affect genres and linguistics codes. They circulate through writers, texts, and communities in a process that ultimately results in modifications in their structure and meanings. Hence, context plays a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: D'Eugenio, Daniela, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press [2021]
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009858739006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Literary history and theroies of paremias
  • Vincenzo Brusantino's Le cento novelle : paremias and Tridentine ethics in reinterpreting the Decameron
  • John Florio's Firste Fruites and Second Frutes : paremias and Elizabethan teaching of the Italian language
  • Pompeo Sarnelli's Posilecheata : paremias and the multi-faceted Neapolitan Baroque
  • Conclusion
  • Index of paremias in Le cento novelle, Firste fruites, seond frutes, and Posilecheata.