The Decameron

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 40,5 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 : Simone Marchesi,Susanna Barsella
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781487540517

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The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective by Simone Marchesi,Susanna Barsella Pdf

The Ninth Day of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron is significant both for numerological and structural reasons. Whether we consider the Decameron as reproducing an itinerary toward the attainment of virtue or following other possible interpretive schematics, Day Nine remains a liminal moment of pause before the inception of the final stories dedicated to the highest civic virtues of liberality and magnificence. This collection is comprised of extensive and rigorous essays by leading experts in the field of Boccaccio studies and medieval literature, shedding new critical light on the Ninth Day. The volume incorporates a multitude of disciplinary perspectives including literary studies, visual arts, political history, and gender studies. Taking a holistic approach, the contributors to the volume trace the dense and multi-layered web of interrelations between the narrative units and the rest of the Decameron. Connections between individual stories are highlighted and interactions between Day Nine and its counterparts in the book are analysed. In doing so, The Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective synthesizes existing scholarship but also opens up new horizons for future work.

Author : David Lummus
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781487508715

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Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective by David Lummus Pdf

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 : Unknown
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Italian fiction
ISBN : OCLC:37092856

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The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Italian literature
ISBN : IND:30000011357955

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Tales from the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

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 : Courier Corporation
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780486149462

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The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

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 : Alma Books
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 42,8 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 : Penguin UK
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141964966

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The Eaten Heart by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

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....

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788074844256

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The Decameron: The Classic Translation of John Payne by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Decameron: The Classic Translation of John Payne" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. John Payne's translation of The Decameron was originally published in a private printing for The Villon Society, London in 1886. Comprised of 100 novellas told by ten men and women over a ten day journey fleeing plague-infested Florence, the Decameron 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". Boccaccio drew on many influences in writing the Decameron, and many writers, including Martin Luther, Chaucer, and Keats, later drew inspiration from the book. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian writer and humanist, one of the founders of the Renaissance. He studied business but abandoned it eventually to pursue his literary interests. In 1350 Boccaccio met Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-1374), one the most important figures in the beginnings of the Renaissance and Humanism.

Author : Pier Massimo Forni,Renzo Bragantini,Christopher Kleinhenz
Publisher : Medieval and Renaissance Texts
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0866985972

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The Decameron by Pier Massimo Forni,Renzo Bragantini,Christopher Kleinhenz Pdf

When originally published in 1995, the volume represented a major, new departure from the "normal" sort of scholarship on Boccaccio's masterpiece, and its unique approach and contents are still valid and valuable today. The seventeen original essays in the volume focus on providing a comprehensive view of the Decameron through the analysis of particular aspects, particular problem areas in the reading and interpretation of the work. Each essay offers a critical window on a defined topic (indicated by the headwords), and, when taken together, these individual essays intersect with, supplement, and reinforce one another, thus emphasizing the harmonious nature of the work as a whole and the importance of examining it through a variety of lenses. The newness of the volume also consists in its introduction of innovative exegetical approaches and the identification of previously unidentified sources and influences. While not providing an orderly reading of the Decameron as a more traditional series of day-by-day lecturae would do, the essays examine multiple novelle from various Days and from differing perspectives so as to provide an assemblage of comprehensive views on the text. For the English-language edition two new items have been added: an update to Vittore Branca's essay on the history of the text of the Decameron and a bibliographical overview of North-American studies on the Decameron and, more generally, on Boccaccio's life, works and influence.

Author : Giovanni Bocaccio
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9791041996612

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The Decameron by Giovanni Bocaccio Pdf

"The Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of 100 tales told by a group of young people sheltering in a villa outside Florence during the Black Death. As the plague ravages the city, ten noble men and women escape to the countryside and entertain themselves by telling stories over a period of ten days. Each day, one member of the group is appointed as the "king" or "queen" of the day, and they choose a theme for the stories to be told. The tales cover a wide range of subjects, including love, trickery, wit, and morality, and they often feature characters from various social classes and backgrounds. Boccaccio's work is celebrated for its vivid storytelling, wit, and humor, as well as its frank and often bawdy depiction of human nature. Through the diverse tales told by the characters, "The Decameron" provides a rich tapestry of medieval Italian life, while also offering timeless insights into the complexities of human behavior and relationships.

Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 1051 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780691181042

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The Essential Goethe by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Pdf

First published by Wordsworth Editions 1999 and 2007. First published by Princeton University Press in 2016.

Author : Francesco Ciabattoni,Pier Massimo Forni
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442616448

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The Decameron Third Day in Perspective by Francesco Ciabattoni,Pier Massimo Forni Pdf

Divided into ten days of ten novellas each, Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron is one of the literary gems of the fourteenth century. The ‘Decameron’ Third Day in Perspective is an interpretive guide to the stories of the text’s Third Day. For each novella, a distinguished Boccaccio scholar offers an essay that both reviews the current scholarly literature and advances new and intriguing interpretations of the work. The whole collection reflects the series’s guiding principle of examining the text “in perspective,” revealing the connections among the novellas, the Days, and the framing narrative that holds the whole Decameron together. The second of the University of Toronto Press’s interpretive guides to Boccaccio’s Decameron, this collection forms part of an ambitious project to examine the entire Decameron, Day by Day.

Author : Frederick M. Biggs
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781843844754

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Chaucer's Decameron and the Origin of the Canterbury Tales by Frederick M. Biggs Pdf

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 : Good Press
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547783510

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The Decameron: The Original English Translation by John Florio by Giovanni Boccaccio Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Decameron: The Classic Translation of John Payne" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. John Payne's translation of The Decameron was originally published in a private printing for The Villon Society, London in 1886. Comprised of 100 novellas told by ten men and women over a ten day journey fleeing plague-infested Florence, the Decameron 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". Boccaccio drew on many influences in writing the Decameron, and many writers, including Martin Luther, Chaucer, and Keats, later drew inspiration from the book. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian writer and humanist, one of the founders of the Renaissance. He studied business but abandoned it eventually to pursue his literary interests. In 1350 Boccaccio met Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-1374), one the most important figures in the beginnings of the Renaissance and Humanism.