Medieval History
Achim Aurnhammer and Hans-Jochen Schiewer recently edited Die deutsche Griselda. Transformationen einer literarischen Figuration von Boccaccio bis zur Moderne (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2010). As the publisher notes, "this volume documents the German reception of the last novella of Boccaccio's Decameron. It is about Griselda, a poor daughter of a peasant, whom the Marquis Gualtieri marries and subsequently repudiates and humiliates in an inhumane way. Finally, after being subjected to numerous trials which she endures patiently, she is reinstated as wife and marchioness. The book explores the German reception of the Griselda figuration as gender paradigm from the Middle Ages up to the Modern Age in a European context." I recommend this volume to all those interested in processes of cultural figuration and re-figuration. For a full critical evaluation, see The Medieval Review.
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Medieval History
German Griselda
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