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Allegory of the self: Boccaccio's Buccolicum carmen

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This thesis sets out to provide an interdisciplinary study of four of the sixteen hexameter poems in Giovanni Boccaccio’s pastoral Buccolicum carmen (ca. 1362/63). It argues that the Buccolicum is a coherent book of poetry that displays an allegory of Boccaccio’s autofictional self, constructed through different bucolic characters and themes which symbolise different fragments of Boccaccio, as well as different steps in his literary and ethical ascent. Consequently, it intends to dispel th...

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Division:
HUMS
Department:
Classics Faculty
Sub department:
Classical Languages & Lit
Oxford college:
Wolfson College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3131-3184

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Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0001-6399-5744
Role:
Supervisor
Role:
Examiner
ORCID:
0000-0002-2836-5672
Role:
Examiner
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Funder identifier:
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002322
Grant:
88881.128259/2016-01
Programme:
Full PhD Abroad
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford

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