Giovanni Boccaccio

Written in the middle of the 14th century as the Bubonic Plague decimated the population of Europe, "The Decameron" is a satirical and allegorical collection of stories by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio. Constructed as a series of "frame stories," or stories within a story, the narrative follows seven young women and three young men who take refuge in a secluded villa outside Florence in order to escape the Black Death. During ten evenings of their...

The 'Decameron', also called 'Prince Galehaut', is a 14th-century medieval allegory by Giovanni Boccaccio, told as a frame story encompassing 100 tales by ten young people. The book's primary title exemplifies Boccaccio's fondness for Greek philology: Decameron combines two Greek words, Greek: déka ("ten") and (Greek: hēméra ("day"), to form a term that means "ten-day event". Ten days is the time-period in which the characters of the frame story...

Escrito por volta de 1351, este "Pequeno tratado" enaltece as qualidades da obra literária – "divina", chamou-a – e resgata para a posteridade a vida de Dante, como os fatos que o levaram a morrer no exílio. Para escrever este ensaio, Boccaccio, toscano como seu biografado, colheu depoimentos de pessoas que conviveram com o grande autor e relata as disputas políticas em que este se envolveu. As notas do tradutor contextualizam os acontecimentos...

Decameron, collection of tales by Giovanni Boccaccio, probably composed between 1349 and 1353. The work is regarded as a masterpiece of classical Italian prose. While romantic in tone and form, it breaks from medieval sensibility in its insistence on the human ability to overcome, even exploit, fortune.

The third in the very popular Very Christmas series, this volume brings together the best Italian Christmas stories of all time in a vibrant collection featuring classic tales and contemporary works. With writing that dates from the Renaissance to the present day, from Boccaccio to Pirandello, as well as Anna Maria Ortese, Natalia Ginzburg, and Grazia Deledda, these literary gems are filled with ancient churches, trains whistling through the countryside,...

"Lamporecchio" es una de las narraciones incluidas en el Decamerón de Giovanni Boccaccio. La historia relata las cómicas y astutas hazañas de un campesino llamado Lamporecchio, conocido por su ingenio y astucia. Engañado por un comerciante que intenta aprovecharse de su aparente simpleza, Lamporecchio demuestra ser más sagaz de lo que aparenta, dando vuelta a la situación y beneficiándose de la ingenuidad del comerciante. A través de este...

The most enduring work by the Renaissance humanist Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron is a collection of one hundred stories about ten young noblemen and noblewomen who escape the plague by moving to a country villa outside the Italian city of Florence. Highly influential, numerous writers have borrowed from Boccaccio's tales, including Edgar Allen Poe, John Keats, and George Eliot. In "The Stone of Invisibility," the nobleman Calandrino, as well

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