The Patient Griselda Myth : Looking at Late Medieval and Early Modern European Literature
(eBook)

English

10.1515/9783110628715

Dissertation Freie Universität Berlin 2017.

Open Access https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 d star

From the 14th until the 19th century the last novella of Boccaccio's Decameron, also known as the Griselda story, has been translated and adapted countless times in many European languages. This story's success can be explained by considering it a myth and analysing how this myth engages with contemporary discourses, such as the definition of the ideal wife, the querelle des femmes, the socio-political consequences of social exogamy, and tyranny.

Issued also in print.

funded by European Research Council (ERC)

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

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In English.