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Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron, a famous piece of Italian literature written during the early Renaissance period, has created much debate among critics about its ambiguous position as a feminist, or anti-feminist piece of literature. Giovanni Boccaccio uses the Decameron to explore women's status in society without choosing to advocate directly for social change.

The Decameron (Italian title: "Decameron" [deˈkaːmeron; dekameˈrɔn; dekameˈron] or "Decamerone" [dekameˈroːne]), subtitled "Prince Galehaut" (Old Italian: Prencipe Galeotto [ˈprentʃipe ɡaleˈɔtto; ˈprɛntʃipe] and sometimes nicknamed "Umana commedia", "Human comedy"), is a collection of novellas by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375). The book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city.

The Decameron is one of the greatest literary works of the Middle Ages. Ten young people have fled the terrible effects of the Black Death in Florence and, in an idyllic setting, tell a series of brilliant stories, by turns humorous, bawdy, tragic and provocative. This celebration of physical and sexual vitality is Boccaccios answer to the sublime other-worldliness of Dantes Divine Comedy Known for its widespread influence, including Chaucers The Canterbury Tales and poetry by Keats, The Decameron is also a valuable document of life at the time of the Black Death. The first unabridged cast recording in English. Includes prolific stage actor Simon Russell Beale. Contains ten original songs by West End composer Steven Edis. Guido Waldmans vibrant translation captures the exuberance of Boccaccios masterpiece.

Excerpt from The Decameron of Giovanni BoccaccioGiovanni boccaccio was born. If not at Paris, on a little family estate. By the market town of Certaldo. Nineteen miles from Florence. In the year 1313. He was the last born of the three Patriarchs of Modern Literature, having been nine years younger than Petrarch, and forty-eight years younger than Dante. Who died in 1321, when Boccaccio was a child eight years old. Boccaccio's father was a prosperous Florentine merchant, his mother a Parisian lady, and he was their illegitimate son, of whom his father took due care.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.