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Giovanni Boccaccio ( UK: / bəˈkætʃioʊ /, US: / boʊˈkɑːtʃ ( i) oʊ, bə -/, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni bokˈkattʃo]; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) [nb 1] was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was sometimes ...
Giovanni Boccaccio (born 1313, Tuscany—died Dec. 21, 1375, Certaldo, Tuscany) was an Italian poet and scholar, best remembered as the author of the earthy tales in the Decameron. With Petrarch he laid the foundations for the humanism of the Renaissance and raised vernacular literature to the level and status of the classics of antiquity.
Oct 29, 2020 · Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian poet, writer, and scholar. His most famous and influential work is the Decameron, completed by 1353, in which his ten characters present 100 tales of everyday life. The book covers all manner of secular themes and gives a vivid description of the Black Death, which had just hit Boccaccio's home ...
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Giovanni Boccaccio - Italian Poet, Decameron, Renaissance: It was probably in the years 1348–53 that Boccaccio composed the Decameron in the form in which it is read today. In the broad sweep of its range and its alternately tragic and comic views of life, it is rightly regarded as his masterpiece. Stylistically, it is the most perfect example of Italian classical prose, and its influence on ...
The Decameron (/ d ɪ ˈ k æ m ər ə n /; Italian: Decameron [deˈkaːmeron, dekameˈrɔn,-ˈron] or Decamerone [dekameˈroːne]), subtitled Prince Galehaut (Old Italian: Prencipe Galeotto [ˈprentʃipe ɡaleˈɔtto, ˈprɛn-]) and sometimes nicknamed l'Umana commedia ("the Human comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dante Alighieri's Comedy "Divine"), is a collection of short stories by ...
Apr 3, 2020 · Learn how Giovanni Boccaccio, a 14th-century Italian writer, described the plague outbreak in Florence and its impact on society and culture. Read his introduction to The Decameron, a fictional work based on his personal experience of the pestilence.
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Learn about the life and works of Giovanni Boccaccio, one of the "three jewels" of Italian literature and a founder of Renaissance Humanism. Explore his poems, including The Decameron, The Amorous Vision, and his commentary on Dante's Divine Comedy.
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