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Author | : Giovanni Boccaccio |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1930 |
Genre | : Italian literature |
ISBN | : |
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In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. They amuse themselves by each telling a story a day for the ten days they are destined to remain there - a hundred stories of love, adventure and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied with abstract concepts of morality or religion than earthly values, the tales range from the bawdy Peronella hiding her lover in a tub to Ser Cepperallo, who, despite his unholy effrontery, becomes a Saint. The result is a towering monument of European literature and a masterpiece of imaginative narrative.
Author | : Giovanni Boccaccio |
Publisher | : BoD - Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 1040 |
Release | : 2023-07-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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In the time of a devastating pandemic, seven women and three men withdraw to a country estate outside Florence to give themselves a diversion from the death around them. Once there, they decide to spend some time each day telling stories, each of the ten to tell one story each day. They do this for ten days, with a few other days of rest in between, resulting in the 100 stories of the Decameron. The Decameron was written after the Black Plague spread through Italy in 1348. Most of the tales did not originate with Boccaccio; some of them were centuries old already in his time, but Boccaccio imbued them all with his distinctive style. The stories run the gamut from tragedy to comedy, from lewd to inspiring, and sometimes all of those at once. They also provide a detailed picture of daily life in fourteenth-century Italy.
Author | : The New York Times |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2022-03-22 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1982170816 |
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"Previously published as The decameron project."
Author | : Giovanni Boccaccio |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2012-04-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0486149463 |
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A group of escapees from plague-ridden Florence pass the time by telling tales of romance in this landmark of medieval literature. Features 25 of the original 100 stories. J. M. Rigg translation.
Author | : Giovanni Boccaccio |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 538 |
Release | : 2012-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781434103574 |
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In Medieval Italy, seven young women and three young men flee plague-ridden Florence for the countryside, where, over the course of ten carefree days, each tells ten stories of intrigue and romance-100 tales in all. First published in the 1300s, these lusty tales are still as entertaining and diverting as they were during the Middle Ages. Here noblemen and ladies, peasants and princesses, cavort together in a magnificent collection of timeless tales brimming with life and love. The Decameron is a big book, and most publishers try to pack it into small newsprint pages with tiny, nearly unreadable type. This edition, on the other hand, has been newly designed and printed on large-format, high-quality paper with easy-to-read type, making it a deluxe volume at a still-reasonable price.
Author | : Frederick M. Biggs |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1843844753 |
Download Chaucer's Decameron and the Origin of the Canterbury Tales Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A major and original contribution to the debate as to Chaucer's use and knowledge of Boccaccio, finding a new source for the Shipman's Tale.
Author | : Giovanni Boccaccio |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 756 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Frame-stories |
ISBN | : 9780192836915 |
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This new translation by Guido Waldman captures the exuberance and variety and tone of Boccaccio's masterpiece.
Author | : David Lummus |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 1487508719 |
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The expert readings in this collection explore the ten stories of Day Six of Boccaccio's Decameron - a day that involves meditations on language, narration, and meaning
Author | : Giovanni Boccaccio |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 764 |
Release | : 2012-12-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1625583915 |
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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: dÈka ("ten") and (Greek: hemÈra ("day"), to form a term that means "ten-day event". Ten days is the time period in which the characters of the frame story tell their tales.
Author | : Giovanni Boccaccio |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 597 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Italian fiction |
ISBN | : |
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