Tales of Love, Cleverness, and Violence in Tomaso Costo's <i>Fuggilozio</i> (1596): Translated into English

Tommaso Astarita

doi:10.1017/9781802702354

Tales of Love, Cleverness, and Violence in Tomaso Costo's Fuggilozio (1596)

Tales of Love, Cleverness, and Violence in Tomaso Costo's Fuggilozio (1596)

Translated into English

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Edited and translated by Tommaso Astarita, Georgetown University, Washington DC

Publisher:: Amsterdam University Press
Online publication date:: May 2024
Print publication year:: 2024
Online ISBN:: 9781802702354
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781802702354

Subjects:: Literature, European and World Literature: General Interest
Series:: Foundations

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This selection from Tomaso Costo's Fuggilozio (The Cure for Indolence, 1596) translates entertaining, dramatic, or witty examples of the over four hundred stories and anecdotes of the original. Together, they offer an engaging window into the lively culture and society of Naples and Italy generally. Though the story-tellers are all from the city's elite, the characters in the stories they tell run the social and professional gamut, from peasants to emperors, and the variety and brevity of the tales offers something for all readers who can smile at human foibles, silliness, and naughtiness, and admire cleverness and guile. Costo, in spite of his introductory claim that the book is meant to guide its audience to virtue and away from vice, also at times indulges in blunt innuendos and jokes that can still surprise us today.

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Tales of Love, Cleverness, and Violence in Tomaso Costo's Fuggilozio (1596)

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Contents
pp 5-6

Illustrations
pp 7-8

Acknowledgements
pp 9-10

Introduction
pp 11-22

Translated Selections from Costo’s Book
pp 23-134

Works Cited
pp 135-135

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Contents

Frontmatter pp 1-4

Contents pp 5-6

Illustrations pp 7-8

Acknowledgements pp 9-10

Introduction pp 11-22

Translated Selections from Costo’s Book pp 23-134

Works Cited pp 135-135

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Contents
pp 5-6

Illustrations
pp 7-8

Acknowledgements
pp 9-10

Introduction
pp 11-22

Translated Selections from Costo’s Book
pp 23-134

Works Cited
pp 135-135