Giovanni Boccaccio

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9791041804757

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The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

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 : Guyda Armstrong
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442668553

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The English Boccaccio by Guyda Armstrong Pdf

The Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio has had a long and colourful history in English translation. This new interdisciplinary study presents the first exploration of the reception of Boccaccio’s writings in English literary culture, tracing his presence from the early fifteenth century to the 1930s. Guyda Armstrong tells this story through a wide-ranging journey through time and space – from the medieval reading communities of Naples and Avignon to the English court of Henry VIII, from the censorship of the Decameron to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, from the world of fine-press printing to the clandestine pornographers of 1920s New York, and much more. Drawing on the disciplines of book history, translation studies, comparative literature, and visual studies, the author focuses on the book as an object, examining how specific copies of manuscripts and printed books were presented to an English readership by a variety of translators. Armstrong is thereby able to reveal how the medieval text in translation is remade and re-authorized for every new generation of readers.

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : Alma Books
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780714546162

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Life of Dante by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

"e;Life of Dante"e; brings together the earliest accounts of Dante available, putting the celebratory essay of literary genius Giovanni Boccaccio together with the historical analysis of leading humanist Leonardo Bruni. Their writings, along with the other sources included in this volume, provide a wealth of insight and information into Dante's unique character and life, from his susceptibility to the torments of passionate love, his involvement in politics, scholastic enthusiasms and military experience, to the stories behind the greatest heights of his poetic achievements.Not only are these accounts invaluable for their subject matter, they are also seminal examples of early biographical writing. Also included in this volume is a biography of Boccaccio, perhaps as great an influence on world literature as Dante himself.

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0674011309

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Famous Women by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

Giovanni Boccaccio devoted the last decades of his life to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is this text, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted to women.

Author : Edward Hutton
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547250067

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Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study by Edward Hutton Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study" by Edward Hutton. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410345813

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A Study Guide for Giovanni Boccaccio's "Federigo's Falcon" by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

Author : John Addington Symonds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Authors, Italian
ISBN : HARVARD:32044082286675

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Giovanni Boccaccio as Man and Author by John Addington Symonds Pdf

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Plague
ISBN : UCSD:31822043032382

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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : anboco
Page : 1049 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783736412286

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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

An hundred pleasant Novels - wittily discoursed, betweene seaven Honourable Ladies, and three Noble Gentlemen: The book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city. Boccaccio probably conceived the Decameron after the epidemic of 1348, and completed it by 1353. The various tales of love in The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic. Tales of wit, practical jokes, and life lessons contribute to the mosaic. In addition to its literary value and widespread influence (for example on Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales), it provides a document of life at the time. Written in the vernacular of the Florentine language, it is considered a masterpiece of classical early Italian prose.

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781788779067

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Giovanni Boccaccio A Biographical Study by Edward Hutton by Giovanni Boccaccio - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Giovanni Boccaccio A Biographical Study by Edward Hutton by Giovanni Boccaccio - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Collected Works of Giovanni Boccaccio’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Boccaccio includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘Giovanni Boccaccio A Biographical Study by Edward Hutton by Giovanni Boccaccio - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Boccaccio’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 739 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781788778992

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The Decameron John Payne, 1886 by Giovanni Boccaccio - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Decameron John Payne, 1886 by Giovanni Boccaccio - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Collected Works of Giovanni Boccaccio’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Boccaccio includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Decameron John Payne, 1886 by Giovanni Boccaccio - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Boccaccio’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 979 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547010111

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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

Comprised of 100 novellas told by ten men and women over a ten-day journey fleeing plague-infested Florence, the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio is an allegorical work famous for its bawdy portrayals of everyday life, its searing wit and mockery, and its careful adherence to a framed structure. The word "decameron" is derived from the Greek and means "ten days".

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Italian fiction
ISBN : OCLC:37092856

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The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

Author : Justin Steinberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781009080682

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Law and Mimesis in Boccaccio's Decameron by Justin Steinberg Pdf

In Boccaccio's time, the Italian city-state began to take on a much more proactive role in prosecuting crime – one which superseded a largely communitarian, private approach. The emergence of the state-sponsored inquisitorial trial indeed haunts the legal proceedings staged in the Decameron. How, Justin Steinberg asks, does this significant juridical shift alter our perspective on Boccaccio's much-touted realism and literary self-consciousness? What can it tell us about how he views his predecessor, Dante: perhaps the world's most powerful inquisitorial judge? And to what extent does the Decameron shed light on the enduring role of verisimilitude and truth-seeming in our current legal system? The author explores these and other literary, philosophical, and ethical questions that Boccaccio raises in the Decameron's numerous trials. The book will appeal to scholars and students of medieval and early modern studies, literary theory and legal history.

Author : Martin Eisner,David G. Lummus
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780268105914

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A Boccaccian Renaissance by Martin Eisner,David G. Lummus Pdf

A Boccaccian Renaissance brings together essays written by internationally recognized scholars in diverse national traditions to respond to the largely unaddressed question of Boccaccio’s impact on early modern literature and culture in Italy and Europe. Martin Eisner and David Lummus co-edit the first comprehensive examination in English of Boccaccio’s impact on the Renaissance. The essays investigate what it means to follow a Boccaccian model, in tandem with or in place of ancient authors such as Vergil or Cicero, or modern poets such as Dante or Petrarch. The book probes how deeply the Latin and vernacular works of Boccaccio spoke to the Renaissance humanists of the fifteenth century. It treats not only the literary legacy of Boccaccio’s works but also their paradoxical importance for the history of the Italian language and reception in theater and books of conduct. While the geographical focus of many of the essays is on Italy, the volume concludes with three studies that open new inroads to understanding his influence on Spanish, French, and English writers across the sixteenth century. The book will appeal strongly to scholars and students of Boccaccio, the Italian and European Renaissance, and Italian literature. Contributors: Jonathan Combs-Schilling, Rhiannon Daniels, Martin Eisner, Simon Gilson, James Hankins, Timothy Kircher, Victoria Kirkham, David Lummus, Ronald L. Martinez, Ignacio Navarrete, Brian Richardson, Marc Schachter, Michael Sherberg, and Janet Levarie Smarr