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Books : Literature & Fiction : Poetry : Poets, A-Z : ( B ) : Boccaccio, Giovanni
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The Decameron (c.1351) is an entertaining series of one hundred stories written in the wake of the Black Death. The stories are told in a country villa outside the city of Florence by ten young noble men and women who are seeking to escape the ravages of the plague. Boccaccio's skill as a dramatist is masterfully displayed in these vivid portraits of people from all stations in life, with plots that revel in a bewildering variety of human reactions.
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Life of Dante is a fascinating and hugely important literary work both in terms of the revelations it provides into the lives and thoughts of two great Italian men, and also as an early example of biography. Boccaccio was a fervent admirer of Dante, and as such, he embarked upon writing this short piece as a vindication of the merits of his illustrious fellow-citizen. Yet far from being simply an account of the misfortunes that befell the great Florentine exile, the resulting Life of Dante also gives precious insight into Boccaccio's own ideas on a wide variety of issues including poetry, literature, women, and society.
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Text in Italian.
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Chaucer made extensive use of Boccaccio's romances as a basis forhis major works, and any analysis of his handling of his sources mustdepend on a knowledge of the Italian poet's work.`His Filostrato has far more energy and subtletythan theR.K. Gordon version; it reminds us just how good Boccaccio is.'THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
`The notes are a model of economy. The introduction is quite superb.' THE TIMES HIGHEREDUCATION SUPPLEMENT
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