Pirro learned from Lidia in Decameron 7.9
In Decameron 7.9, Lidia abuses her husband and has sex with her household servant Pirro. Men must recognize truth and adapt to women’s dominance. … Read the post Pirro learned from Lidia in Decameron 7.9
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.
bad metaphor: Neifile and Filostrato on wolves and sheep
In the Decameron, Neifile and Filostrato joust about wolves and sheep / men and women guiding the brigata. A bad metaphor and antagonism obscures truth. … Read the post bad metaphor: Neifile and Filostrato on wolves and sheep
Frate Alberto, Filostrato, and Mary: ways of love
The Decameron’s story of Frate Alberto isn’t just an amusing tale of a fake angel Gabriel seducing a lady. It deeply engages myths of love. … Read the post Frate Alberto, Filostrato, and Mary: ways of love
Madonna Filippa ridiculed moralizing formalists
In Boccaccio’s Decameron, the story of Madonna Filippa sets up moralizing formalists and ridicules them. Many readers have added to the joke. … Read the post Madonna Filippa ridiculed moralizing formalists
ingegno and romance: tale of a wool-whacking pirate
The Decameron’s tale about Ricciardo & Bartolomea transforms the merchant-romance of Bernabò to celebrate ingegno and to burlesque ancient Greek romance. … Read the post ingegno and romance: tale of a wool-whacking pirate