An entertaining series of 100 stories told in a country villa outside the city of Florence by ten young noble men and women seeking to escape the plague. Vivid portraits of people from all stations in life. An Oxford University Press World Classic. more..

A hugely important literary work both in terms of the insights it provides into the lives and minds of two great men and as an early example of the biographer’s art.

Boccaccio was a fervent admirer of Dante, and as such, he embarked upon writing this short piece as a vindication of the merits of his illustrious fellow citizen. Yet far from being simply an account of the misfortunes that more..

Giovanni Boccaccio is famous for his masterpiece The Decameron, but his Latin Eclogues are relatively unknown. David R. Slavitt's English translation makes these important pieces accessible to a new audience of readers.

Elegant and engaging, these pastoral poems address the great issues of Boccaccio's Italy, including the political and military intrigues of the day. Boccaccio modeled more..

Chaucer made extensive use of Boccaccio's romances as a basis forhis major works, and any analysis of his handling of his sources mustdepend on a knowledge of the Italian poet's work.`His Filostrato has far more energy and subtletythan theR.K. Gordon version; it reminds us just how good Boccaccio is.'THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
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