Brenda Deen Schildgen is a distinguished professor emerita of comparative literature at the University of California, Davis.

• Primary TextsAbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Genealogy of the Gods Books 14 and 15 and the Defence of Poetry2. Petrarch versus Boccaccio on Poetry3. Defensio and Laudatio: Boccaccio and the Poetry of Others4. The Decameron in Dialogue with the Genealogy of the Gods: How the Decameron Defends Vernacular Prose Fiction – Part 15. The Decameron in Dialogue with the Genealogy of the Gods: How the Decameron Defends Vernacular Prose Fiction – Part 2ConclusionAppendix: Comic Tales in the DecameronNotesBibliographyIndex

Brenda Deen Schildgen is a distinguished professor emerita of comparative literature at the University of California, Davis.

• Primary TextsAbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Genealogy of the Gods Books 14 and 15 and the Defence of Poetry2. Petrarch versus Boccaccio on Poetry3. Defensio and Laudatio: Boccaccio and the Poetry of Others4. The Decameron in Dialogue with the Genealogy of the Gods: How the Decameron Defends Vernacular Prose Fiction – Part 15. The Decameron in Dialogue with the Genealogy of the Gods: How the Decameron Defends Vernacular Prose Fiction – Part 2ConclusionAppendix: Comic Tales in the DecameronNotesBibliographyIndex

Brenda Deen Schildgen is a distinguished professor emerita of comparative literature at the University of California, Davis.

• Primary TextsAbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Genealogy of the Gods Books 14 and 15 and the Defence of Poetry2. Petrarch versus Boccaccio on Poetry3. Defensio and Laudatio: Boccaccio and the Poetry of Others4. The Decameron in Dialogue with the Genealogy of the Gods: How the Decameron Defends Vernacular Prose Fiction – Part 15. The Decameron in Dialogue with the Genealogy of the Gods: How the Decameron Defends Vernacular Prose Fiction – Part 2ConclusionAppendix: Comic Tales in the DecameronNotesBibliographyIndex