£61.79

Cambridge University Press Boccaccio and the Invention of Italian Literature: Dante, Petrarch, Cavalcanti, and the Authority of the Vernacular: Series Number 87 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, Series Number 87)

Price data last checked 22 day(s) ago - will refresh soon

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

£62 today · previous high £62 · all-time low £53

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 69 days · 69 data points (no recent data)

Historical
Generating forecast…
£61.79 £51.67 £53.88 £56.09 £58.29 £60.50 £62.71 26 April 2026 13 May 2026 30 May 2026 16 June 2026 03 July 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 69 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price
Current Price
15 days 54 days · current 0 14 27 41 54 £53 £62 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £62 (54 days, 78.3%)

Price range: £53 - £62

Price levels: 2 different prices over 69 days

Description

Giovanni Boccaccio played a pivotal role in the extraordinary emergence of the Italian literary tradition in the fourteenth century, not only as author of the Decameron, but also as scribe of Dante, Petrarch and Cavalcanti. Using a single codex written entirely in Boccaccio's hand, Martin Eisner brings together material philology and literary history to reveal the multiple ways Boccaccio authorizes this vernacular literary tradition. Each chapter offers a novel interpretation of Boccaccio as a biographer, storyteller, editor and scribe, who constructs arguments, composes narratives, compiles texts and manipulates material forms to legitimize and advance a vernacular literary canon. Situating these philological activities in the context of Boccaccio's broader reflections on poetry in the Decameron and the Genealogy of the Gentile Gods, the book produces a new portrait of Boccaccio that integrates his vernacular and Latin works, while also providing a new context for understanding his fictions.

Product Specifications

Format
hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
12 September 2013
Listed Since
25 January 2013

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

The Cambridge Companion to Boccaccio (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
97% match

The Cambridge Companion to Boccaccio (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Cambridge University Press

£73.99 04 Jul 2026
Boccaccio's Florence: Politics and People in His Life and Work (Toronto Italian Studies)
97% match

Boccaccio's Florence: Politics and People in His Life and Work (Toronto Italian Studies)

University of Toronto Press

£51.40 27 Jun 2026
The Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective (Toronto Italian Studies)
97% match

The Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective (Toronto Italian Studies)

University of Toronto Press

£41.70 15 Jul 2026
Boccaccio – A Critical Guide to the Complete Works
96% match

Boccaccio – A Critical Guide to the Complete Works

University of Chicago Press

£43.99 02 Jul 2026
Boccaccio and Exemplary Literature: Ethics and Mischief in the Decameron: 120 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, Series Number 120)
96% match

Boccaccio and Exemplary Literature: Ethics and Mischief in the Decameron: 120 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, Series Number 120)

Cambridge University Press

£62.79 13 May 2026
The Decameron Eighth Day in Perspective: 8 (Toronto Italian Studies)
96% match

The Decameron Eighth Day in Perspective: 8 (Toronto Italian Studies)

University of Toronto Press

£41.88 04 Jul 2026
The Decameron: A Critical Lexicon (Lessico Critico Decameroniano): Volume 540 (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies)
96% match

The Decameron: A Critical Lexicon (Lessico Critico Decameroniano): Volume 540 (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies)

Wiley

£59.41 09 Jul 2026
The English Boccaccio: A History in Books (Toronto Italian Studies)
96% match

The English Boccaccio: A History in Books (Toronto Italian Studies)

University of Toronto Press

£58.86 15 Jul 2026
Storytelling as Plague Prevention in Medieval and Early Modern Italy: The Decameron Tradition (Routledge Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture)
96% match

Storytelling as Plague Prevention in Medieval and Early Modern Italy: The Decameron Tradition (Routledge Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture)

Routledge

£147.57 06 Jul 2026
Boccaccio in England: From Chaucer to Tennyson (Bloomsbury Academic Collections: English Literary Criticism)
96% match

Boccaccio in England: From Chaucer to Tennyson (Bloomsbury Academic Collections: English Literary Criticism)

Bloomsbury

£100.00 19 Jun 2026
Boccaccio`s "Decameron" – Rewriting the Christian Middle Ages and the Lyric Tradition: Rewriting the Christian Middle Ages and the Lyric Tradition ... (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies)
96% match

Boccaccio`s "Decameron" – Rewriting the Christian Middle Ages and the Lyric Tradition: Rewriting the Christian Middle Ages and the Lyric Tradition ... (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies)

Wiley

£86.67 13 Jul 2026
De Gruyter Petrarch and Boccaccio - Mimesis 61 Book
96% match

De Gruyter Petrarch and Boccaccio - Mimesis 61 Book

De Gruyter

£118.02 08 May 2026
Boccaccio and the Book: Production and Reading in Italy 1340-1520: 19 (Italian Perspectives)
95% match

Boccaccio and the Book: Production and Reading in Italy 1340-1520: 19 (Italian Perspectives)

Routledge

£85.56 03 Jul 2026
The World at Play in Boccaccio`s Decameron: 381 (Princeton Legacy Library)
95% match

The World at Play in Boccaccio`s Decameron: 381 (Princeton Legacy Library)

Princeton University Press

£76.15 09 Jul 2026
Harvey Miller - Reading Dante with Images: A Visual Lectura Dantis
95% match

Harvey Miller - Reading Dante with Images: A Visual Lectura Dantis

Harvey Miller

£127.50 07 May 2026
Boccaccio the Philosopher: An Epistemology of the Decameron (The New Middle Ages)
95% match

Boccaccio the Philosopher: An Epistemology of the Decameron (The New Middle Ages)

MACMILLAN

£63.64 04 Jul 2026
Chaucer, Boccaccio, and the Debate of Love: A Comparative Study of ^IThe Decameron^R and ^IThe Canterbury Tales^R
95% match

Chaucer, Boccaccio, and the Debate of Love: A Comparative Study of ^IThe Decameron^R and ^IThe Canterbury Tales^R

Oxford University Press

£139.58 20 Jun 2026
Dante and the Origins of Italian Literary Culture
95% match

Dante and the Origins of Italian Literary Culture

Fordham University Press

£93.00 04 Jul 2026
The World at Play in Boccaccio's "Decameron" (Princeton Legacy Library): 381
95% match

The World at Play in Boccaccio's "Decameron" (Princeton Legacy Library): 381

Princeton University Press

£34.96 15 Jul 2026
Camb Hist Italian Lit rev edition
95% match

Camb Hist Italian Lit rev edition

Cambridge University Press

£44.49 04 Jul 2026
University of Toronto Press - The Decameron Fourth Day in Perspective
95% match

University of Toronto Press - The Decameron Fourth Day in Perspective

University of Toronto Press

£39.82 22 Jul 2026
Print Culture in Renaissance Italy: The Editor and the Vernacular Text, 1470-1600 (Cambridge Studies in Publishing & Printing History)
95% match

Print Culture in Renaissance Italy: The Editor and the Vernacular Text, 1470-1600 (Cambridge Studies in Publishing & Printing History)

Cambridge University Press

£90.00 22 Jul 2026
Manuscript Poetics: Materiality and Textuality in Medieval Italian Literature (William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature)
95% match

Manuscript Poetics: Materiality and Textuality in Medieval Italian Literature (William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature)

University of Notre Dame Press

£50.00 17 Jul 2026
L'Ameto (Routledge Revivals)
95% match

L'Ameto (Routledge Revivals)

Routledge

£106.83 12 May 2026