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An epic work of medieval genius-one hundred tales of love and life.
Boccaccio's unabashedly sensuous masterpiece begins with a counterpoint as the narrator moves from a description of the pain of lovesickness to the ravages of the Black Death. Set in 1348, this great piece of literature explores human nature through one hundred linked tales traded by ten youthful nobles who escape to a country estate as the Plague rages over Florence. In Boccaccio's account of this turbulent time, the veneer of traditional morality and customs has fallen by the wayside in the face of widespread sickness and death, allowing the young men and women to rule themselves. By turns witty, tender, bawdy, and wise, the narratives brilliantly reveal human nature and explore both the comedy and tragedy of life. Peopled by nobles and knights, pilgrims and peasants, doctors and nuns, lovers and gamblers, The Decameron is a towering monument of medieval literature. This authoritative translation of the text includes an introduction by Thomas G. Bergin and is packaged with a DVD of the 1953 film Decameron Nights.
DVD INCLUDES:
The 1953 film adaptation, starring Academy Award-winner Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, and Joan Collins, featuring three of The Decameron's love stories.
Boccaccio's unabashedly sensuous masterpiece begins with a counterpoint as the narrator moves from a description of the pain of lovesickness to the ravages of the Black Death. Set in 1348, this great piece of literature explores human nature through one hundred linked tales traded by ten youthful nobles who escape to a country estate as the Plague rages over Florence. In Boccaccio's account of this turbulent time, the veneer of traditional morality and customs has fallen by the wayside in the face of widespread sickness and death, allowing the young men and women to rule themselves. By turns witty, tender, bawdy, and wise, the narratives brilliantly reveal human nature and explore both the comedy and tragedy of life. Peopled by nobles and knights, pilgrims and peasants, doctors and nuns, lovers and gamblers, The Decameron is a towering monument of medieval literature. This authoritative translation of the text includes an introduction by Thomas G. Bergin and is packaged with a DVD of the 1953 film Decameron Nights.
DVD INCLUDES:
The 1953 film adaptation, starring Academy Award-winner Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, and Joan Collins, featuring three of The Decameron's love stories.
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About the Author:
Giovanni Boccaccio was born the son of a Florentine merchant in 1313. The Decameron, completed sometime between 1348 and 1352, was his most influential contribution to world literature, and has remained popular from its original publication to today. He died in Certaldo, Italy, in 1375.
Translated by Mark Musa and Peter Bondanella, professors at the Center for Italian Studies at Indiana University.
Translated by Mark Musa and Peter Bondanella, professors at the Center for Italian Studies at Indiana University.
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- PublisherChamberlain Brothers
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 159609219X
- ISBN 13 9781596092198
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages832
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