Filostrato - Softcover

Boccaccio, Giovanni

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 1425035191 ISBN 13: 9781425035198

Publisher: Read How You Want, 2006

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The story presented here dwells on courtly love in the atmosphere of Neapolitan court life. It is the story of Troilus and Cressida. The passion of the lovers and their grief at separation, as well as how these distances become unbridgeable is eloquently described. The story proved to be an inspiration to Chaucer.

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Late medieval Italian writer and humanist, best reminisced for his masterpiece, Decameron (1348-1353). He was one of the patrons of Renaissance literature and disciple of Petrarch. His contribution for the restoration of classical works is also great.

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