Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
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
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
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.
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
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.
Decamerone Di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italian fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italian fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Italian Language and Literature
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Category : Italian language
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italian language
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Decamerone Di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015893115
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015893115
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Catalogues of Items for Auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1850-1880
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Religion and the Clergy in Boccaccio's Decameron
Author: Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin
Publisher: Ed. di Storia e Letteratura
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher: Ed. di Storia e Letteratura
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Decameron
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734094976
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734094976
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Society of Writers to H. M. Signet in Scotland
Author: Signet Library (Great Britain)
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ISBN:
Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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ISBN:
Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
The Decameron - Volume I
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781519646255
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"The Decameron - Volume I" from Giovanni Boccaccio. Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch (1313 - 1375).
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781519646255
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"The Decameron - Volume I" from Giovanni Boccaccio. Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch (1313 - 1375).
The Ashgate Research Companion to Giorgio Vasari
Author: David J. Cast
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317043294
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The Ashgate Research Companion to Giorgio Vasari brings together the world's foremost experts on Vasari as well as up-and-coming scholars to provide, at the 500th anniversary of his birth, a comprehensive assessment of the current state of scholarship on this important-and still controversial-artist and writer. The contributors examine the life and work of Vasari as an artist, architect, courtier, academician, and as a biographer of artists. They also explore his legacy, including an analysis of the reception of his work over the last five centuries. Among the topics specifically addressed here are an assessment of the current controversy as to how much of Vasari's 'Lives' was actually written by Vasari; and explorations of Vasari's relationships with, as well as reports about, contemporaries, including Cellini, Michelangelo and Giotto, among less familiar names. The geographic scope takes in not only Florence, the city traditionally privileged in Italian Renaissance art history, but also less commonly studied geographical venues such as Siena and Venice.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317043294
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The Ashgate Research Companion to Giorgio Vasari brings together the world's foremost experts on Vasari as well as up-and-coming scholars to provide, at the 500th anniversary of his birth, a comprehensive assessment of the current state of scholarship on this important-and still controversial-artist and writer. The contributors examine the life and work of Vasari as an artist, architect, courtier, academician, and as a biographer of artists. They also explore his legacy, including an analysis of the reception of his work over the last five centuries. Among the topics specifically addressed here are an assessment of the current controversy as to how much of Vasari's 'Lives' was actually written by Vasari; and explorations of Vasari's relationships with, as well as reports about, contemporaries, including Cellini, Michelangelo and Giotto, among less familiar names. The geographic scope takes in not only Florence, the city traditionally privileged in Italian Renaissance art history, but also less commonly studied geographical venues such as Siena and Venice.