Chapter four. The Corbaccio, Dante, and the Disavowal of Love

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter one The Filocolo and the Polyphony of Consolation 25
6. Chapter two. The Filostrato, the Elegia, and the Consolation of Tragedy 57
7. Chapter three “Il senno di consolazion sia cagione”: The Decameron and the Consolation of Storytelling 88
8. Chapter four. The Corbaccio, Dante, and the Disavowal of Love 133
9. Chapter five. Boccaccio after Petrarch: The Polyphony of Consolation in the Later Writings 154
10. Conclusion 188
11. Bibliography 194
12. Index 210