Giovanni Boccaccio
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His most notable works are ''The Decameron'', a collection of short stories which in the following centuries was a determining element for the Italian literary tradition, especially after Pietro Bembo elevated the Boccaccian style to a model of Italian prose in the sixteenth century, and ''On Famous Women''. He wrote his imaginative literature mostly in Tuscan vernacular, as well as other works in Latin, and is particularly noted for his realistic dialogue which differed from that of his contemporaries, medieval writers who usually followed formulaic models for character and plot. The influence of Boccaccio's works was not limited to the Italian cultural scene but extended to the rest of Europe, exerting influence on authors such as Geoffrey Chaucer, a key figure in English literature, or later on Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega and the Spanish classical theater.
Boccaccio, together with Dante Alighieri and Francesco Petrarca, is part of the so-called "Three Crowns" of Italian literature. He is remembered for being one of the precursors of humanism, of which he helped lay the foundations in the city of Florence, in conjunction with the activity of his friend and teacher Petrarch. He was the one who initiated Dante's criticism and philology: Boccaccio devoted himself to copying codices of the ''Divine Comedy'' and was a promoter of Dante's work and figure.
In the twentieth century, Boccaccio was the subject of critical-philological studies by Vittore Branca and Giuseppe Billanovich, and his ''Decameron'' was transposed to the big screen by the director and writer Pier Paolo Pasolini.
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Published 1928
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Published 1978
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Published 1960
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Published 1952
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by Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Published 1625
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by Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Published 1962
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by Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Published 1937
Published 1937
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by Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Published 1857
Published 1857
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Published 2017
Published 2017
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Published 2003
Published 2003
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by Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Published 1909
Published 1909
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Published 1948
Published 1948
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by Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Published 1956
Published 1956
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by Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Published 1986
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by Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Published 1974
Published 1974
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Published 1928
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Published 1963
Published 1963
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Published 1974
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by Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Published 2008
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by Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Published 1925
Published 1925
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