On the subject of suicide:
Although Prof Monga is not looking specifically for suicide examples
related to love, I thought I'd throw in a couple of references to novelle
in which suicide does indeed occur out of a lover's despair.
Aside from Masuccio's 33, with which Prof Monga is undoubtedly familiar,
there are two tales in the Novellino which follow a sort of Lucretian
motif insofar as one of the lovers commits suicide to avoid being raped
or kinapped once her amante is killed by others. These are 31 and 35.
In both cases, suicide takes place not - as in the Romeo and Juliette
scenario - because the girl cannot go on without her lover but because
she feared a worse fate once deprived of his physical protection.
These two novelle were most probably inspired by Clamanges' Floridan et
Elvide (which depends heavily on the Lucretia tradition) but - at least
in my own opinion - precede number 98 of the Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles.
Whether or not these examples are helpful, a quick perusal of various
motif indexes would probably turn up others. D. P. Rotunda for the
Italian novella, obviously, but there are others dedicated to the French
tradition, the Catalan exempla, and the Spanish short story.
In any event, I hope that this intervento in some way can be useful...
Good luck and happy hunting!
Michael Papio
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Dept of Italian Studies
Brown University
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