violence against men in Boccaccio's Decameron
Boccaccio, with his keen ethical sense, provided in the Decameron a critical inner understanding of violence against men. … Read the post violence against men in Boccaccio's Decameron
Decameron
Literary analysis of tales in Boccaccio’s Decameron, with particular concern for love, gender, and men. Giovanni Boccaccio wrote his vernacular masterpiece the Decameron in Italian in Florence probably between 1348 and 1353.
Boccaccio protested men’s subservience to women
Boccaccio, protesting against men’s subservience in their relationships with women, built a new synthesis of medieval virtue and humanistic reason. … Read the post Boccaccio protested men’s subservience to women
Boccaccio criticized Petrarch and Dante with Theophrastus
Despite his high regard for Dante and Petrarch, Boccaccio with subtle irony used Theophrastus’ Golden Book on Marriage to criticize both. … Read the post Boccaccio criticized Petrarch and Dante with Theophrastus
Decameron X.3: horrible generosity of Nathan and Mithridanes
In Decameron X.3 (Nathan and Mithridanes), material goods were cheap, self-esteem and social status were dear, and competition in generosity was horrible. … Read the post Decameron X.3: horrible generosity of Nathan and Mithridanes
William, Nastagio, Federigo: ignorant men in love
Men, understand the tales of William, Nastagio, and Federigo,from the fabliau Guillaume au Faucon and Decameron 5.8 & 5.9. Shun chivalric abasement. … Read the post William, Nastagio, Federigo: ignorant men in love