Boccaccio: A Biography - Marco Santagata

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.

Binding: Hardback
Pages: 424