Giovanni Boccaccio
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Decameron, collection of tales by Giovanni Boccaccio, probably composed between 1349 and 1353. The work is regarded as a masterpiece of classical Italian prose. While romantic in tone and form, it breaks from medieval sensibility in its insistence on the human ability to overcome, even exploit, fortune.
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Escrito por volta de 1351, este "Pequeno tratado" enaltece as qualidades da obra literária – "divina", chamou-a – e resgata para a posteridade a vida de Dante, como os fatos que o levaram a morrer no exílio. Para escrever este ensaio, Boccaccio, toscano como seu biografado, colheu depoimentos de pessoas que conviveram com o grande autor e relata as disputas políticas em que este se envolveu. As notas do tradutor contextualizam os acontecimentos...
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The 'Decameron', also called 'Prince Galehaut', is a 14th-century medieval allegory by Giovanni Boccaccio, told as a frame story encompassing 100 tales by ten young people. The book's primary title exemplifies Boccaccio's fondness for Greek philology: Decameron combines two Greek words, Greek: déka ("ten") and (Greek: hēméra ("day"), to form a term that means "ten-day event". Ten days is the time-period in which the characters of the frame story...
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In the heart of plague-ravaged Florence, ten young people flee the city to take refuge in a lush countryside villa. To stave off boredom and despair, they tell each other stories. Thus begins The Decameron, a collection of one hundred tales where love, cunning, fortune, and wit intertwine, offering a fascinating mirror of human morals and passions. Through these narratives, Boccaccio paints a vibrant portrait of humanity, oscillating between tragedy...
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Written in the middle of the 14th century as the Bubonic Plague decimated the population of Europe, "The Decameron" is a satirical and allegorical collection of stories by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio. Constructed as a series of "frame stories," or stories within a story, the narrative follows seven young women and three young men who take refuge in a secluded villa outside Florence in order to escape the Black Death. During ten evenings of their...
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Il Decameron è ambientato nel 1348, anno in cui la peste nera devastava la città di Firenze. Mentre il caos regna nelle strade, sette giovani donne si riuniscono in chiesa per pregare e cercare di trovare un modo per affrontare la situazione. La pi anziana del gruppo, Pampinea, suggerisce di lasciare la città per evitare il rischio di contagio.
In compagnia di tre giovani, la combriccola delle dame abbandona la città e si rifugia in una villa...
8) Lamporecchio
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"Lamporecchio" es una de las narraciones incluidas en el Decamerón de Giovanni Boccaccio. La historia relata las cómicas y astutas hazañas de un campesino llamado Lamporecchio, conocido por su ingenio y astucia. Engañado por un comerciante que intenta aprovecharse de su aparente simpleza, Lamporecchio demuestra ser más sagaz de lo que aparenta, dando vuelta a la situación y beneficiándose de la ingenuidad del comerciante. A través de este...
9) Griselda
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"Griselda" de Giovanni Boccaccio es una novela que aparece en su colección de cuentos conocida como el "Decameron". El cuento narra la historia de Griselda, una humilde y virtuosa campesina, que se casa con Gualtieri, el marqués de Saluzzo. A pesar de la inquebrantable lealtad y devoción de Griselda, Gualtieri la somete a numerosas pruebas y humillaciones para poner a prueba su fidelidad. Griselda soporta estas pruebas con notable paciencia y fortaleza,...
10) Anastasio
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Una de las 100 historias cortas incluidas en El Decameron. Se sitúa en el quinto día y relata los pormenores de un amor no correspondido.
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While the Black Death rages through fourteenth-century Florence, a group of young people retreat to the healthful air of the countryside and amuse themselves by telling tales of romance and adventure. This is the premise of Boccaccio's Decameron, a landmark of early Renaissance literature and one of the world's great story collections. Vast in scope, teeming with colorful characters, and rich in worldly wisdom, these 25 tales from the original 100...
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The third in the very popular Very Christmas series, this volume brings together the best Italian Christmas stories of all time in a vibrant collection featuring classic tales and contemporary works. With writing that dates from the Renaissance to the present day, from Boccaccio to Pirandello, as well as Anna Maria Ortese, Natalia Ginzburg, and Grazia Deledda, these literary gems are filled with ancient churches, trains whistling through the countryside,...
13) The Decameron
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Legendary Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini delivers nine exuberant tales in this film. Based on Boccaccio's timeless, ribald classic. Lusty nuns who perform sexual "miracles," a cheating wife with a head for business, a dying con artist attempting a heavenly swindle, young lovers caught with their pants down, a servent who loses his head for love and a gullible farmer who tries to turn his wife into a mare. These are just some of the stories Pasolini...
16) The little hours
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A young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns in the Middle Ages. Introduced as a deaf blind man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation.