Boccaccio: A Biography by Santagata, Marco

Boccaccio: A Biography

A comprehensive biography of the celebrated author of the Decameron, a medieval masterpiece written in early Italian....
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Author: Marco Santagata
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Boccaccio: A Biography by Santagata, Marco

Boccaccio: A Biography

$57.85

Boccaccio: A Biography

$57.85
Author: Marco Santagata
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
A comprehensive biography of the celebrated author of the Decameron, a medieval masterpiece written in early Italian.

Boccaccio (1313-75) stands with Dante and Petrarch as one of the "Three Crowns" of Italian letters, a trio of writers who shaped the history of humanism, literature, and poetry. In this book, Dante's award-winning biographer, Marco Santagata, takes up the moving life and legacy of Boccaccio--whose unflinching story of a pandemic-era community (the Decameron) created new possibilities for vernacular Italian prose.

This landmark biography sheds new light on Boccaccio's life--his family, friends, and foes, his aspirations, fears, and frustrations--and it shows how he was affected by transformations in Italian society. It also charts the influences that shaped Boccaccio's understanding of literature: what kinds of stories it could tell and what kinds of characters it could depict; and, perhaps most importantly, what role art could play in a changing world. An insightful portrait of one of literature's most important figures, this book promises to be the definitive biography of Boccaccio for many years to come.

Author: Marco Santagata
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 05/07/2025
Pages: 424
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780226820941

About the Author
Marco Santagata (1947Dante: The Story of His Life. Emlyn Eisenach is an independent scholar and translator and the author of Husbands, Wives, and Concubines: Marriage, Family, and Social Order in Sixteenth-Century Verona.

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