Giovanni Boccaccio – The Model of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence and Conversation (Decameron)
Posted in Rare Books on Jul 25th, 2008
“A Human Panorama of Love, Courage, Cowardice… Deceit And Folly”: Boccaccio’s Decameron “Could there be stories without a moral, of human adventure and misadventure? The horrors of the plague provided Boccaccio with the incentive and the opportunity…Boccaccio creates a human panorama of love, courage, cowardice, wit, wisdom, deceit and folly… If he does not teach [...]