Lucan was one of the most widely read and studied classical authors during the Middle Ages, a reference point for teaching, historiography and literature. The essay attempts to outline Giovanni Boccaccio’s profile as a reader of Pharsalia in the different ages of his literary production and in his critical judgment, placing him in the context of fourteenth-century reception. The different ways of reading Lucan’s masterpiece, from the almost literal imitation of some scenes in the Filocolo, to the punctual references to situations, images and characters in the works of maturity, testifies the inexhaustible attention of Boccaccio towards the poet of «plus quam civilia bella».
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Chapter Title
«A’ quai Lucan seguitava». Su Boccaccio lettore della Pharsalia
Authors
Niccolò Gensini
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-236-2.06
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Publication Year
2020
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Book Title
Intorno a Boccaccio / Boccaccio e dintorni 2019
Book Subtitle
Atti del Seminario internazionale di studi (Certaldo Alta, Casa di Giovanni Boccaccio, 12-13 settembre 2019)
Editors
Giovanna Frosini
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Number of Pages
294
Publication Year
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-236-2
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-235-5
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-236-2
eISBN (epub)
978-88-5518-237-9
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919