Tales from the Decameron

Tales from the Decameron
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 396
Release: 1930
Genre: Italian literature
ISBN: IND:30000011357955

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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.

The Decameron

The Decameron
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publsiher: BoD - Books on Demand
Total Pages: 1040
Release: 2023-07-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9791041804757

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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.

The Decameron

The Decameron
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publsiher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2012-04-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780486149462

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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.

Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective

Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective
Author: David Lummus
Publsiher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2021
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9781487508715

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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

Chaucer s Decameron and the Origin of the Canterbury Tales

Chaucer s Decameron and the Origin of the Canterbury Tales
Author: Frederick M. Biggs
Publsiher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2017
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781843844754

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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.

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 538
Release: 2012-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1434103579

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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.

The Eaten Heart

The Eaten Heart
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publsiher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2007-08-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780141964966

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Ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside from the Black Death and tell stories to pass the time. From the unfaithful wife who unwittingly eats her lover’s heart to the sly peasant plotting to seduce a whole nunnery, these are tales of lust, adventure and unexpected twists of fate. United by the theme of love, the writings in the Great Loves series span over two thousand years and vastly different worlds. Readers will be introduced to love’s endlessly fascinating possibilities and extremities: romantic love, platonic love, erotic love, gay love, virginal love, adulterous love, parental love, filial love, nostalgic love, unrequited love, illicit love, not to mention lost love, twisted and obsessional love....

Selections from the Decameron

Selections from the Decameron
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1996
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 1853266183

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