The Decameron
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Didactic presentation of collection of novellas by Giovanni Boccaccio.
Il volume non vuole essere una monografia tesa a fornire un quadro generale del Decameron, ma piuttosto un tentativo di mettere in luce le componenti meno conosciute del capolavoro di Boccaccio, soffermandosi, oltre che su una nuova... more
The last tale in Boccaccio's Decameron describes the case of a bizarre marriage between Gualtieri, the Marquis of Saluzzo, and Griselda, a lowborn female sheperd. Gualtieri, a violent master whose madness Boccaccio defines as «matta... more
All'uscita in sala del "Decameron" Vittore Branca, il massimo studioso di Boccaccio, accusa Pasolini di aver deformato l'immagine dello scrittore di Certaldo. Questo giudizio severo è oggi stato superato dalla ricerca letteraria, che... more
This article is housed in the University of San Diego's digital repository, Digital USD. Please follow this link to view: https://doi.org/10.1086/716238. It is available for download on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.
The new film The Little Hours performs a deft miracle; it caused me to empathize with, and understand a little better, the inner lives of women who lived six centuries ago.
A recurrent theme of Day Eight is the retaliation occasioned by tricks, and society’s need for effective judicial mechanisms to counter the inflationary spiral of revenge practices. In novella 8.8, a young man avenges his wife’s seduction... more