The Decameron
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- | {{Template}} | + | {{Template}}'''''The Decameron''''' (subtitle: ''Prencipe Galeotto'') is a collection of 100 [[novella]]s by [[Italy|Italian]] author [[Giovanni Boccaccio]], probably begun in [[1350]] and finished in [[1353]]. It is a [[Medieval allegory|medieval allegorical]] work best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all its possibilities from the erotic to the tragic. Other topics such as wit and witticism, practical jokes, the moral degeneracy of the clergy and worldly initiation also form part of the mosaic. Many notable writers such as [[Shakespeare]] and [[Chaucer]] are said to have borrowed from The Decameron (See ''Literary sources and influence of the Decameron'' below). |
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