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Title: Post-Decameron Plague Treatises and the Boccaccian Innovation of Narrative Prophylaxis.
Author : Annali d'Italianistica
Release Date : January 01, 2005
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
Pages : * pages
Size : 227 KB

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Numerous fourteenth-century plague treatises accorded significance to the emotional realm by discussing the importance of maintaining spirits high, especially in times of contagion. As scholars have indicated, several prescriptive ideas from the medical manuals are present in the frame story of Boccaccio's Decameron, suggesting that the medical advice may have been influential to the fourteenth-century writer. In turn, my essay explores the hypothesis that the Decameron may have impacted the medical tradition that followed. This study reviews the plague manuals written after Boccaccio's Decameron was widely available, noting that many physicians advocated narrative/literary activities (a la Decameron) to promote the emotional balance needed for physical health and plague prevention. **********