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27. The Decameron.
“Let us therefore do as I suggest… We can move from place to place, spending
one day here and another there, pursuing whatever pleasures and entertainment
the present times will afford. In this way of life we shall continue until
such time as we discover (provided we are spared from early death) the end
decreed by heaven for these terrible events.”
It’s 1348, and plague has broken out in Florence. Ten affluent people decide
to escape the city for a bit, and over the course of two weeks they travel
from one villa to another, trying to have a nice time of it. Amongst the
singing, dancing, and feasting, every day includes a round of story-telling.
Ten storytellers, ten days of storytelling: The
Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of
one hundred stories told by people trying to get their minds off the
disruption of disease.
Chris and Suzanne look at the frame tale and five of their favourite stories,
picking out some of the more interesting features of the book, enjoying how
funny or sexy or strange the stories can be, and considering the work stories
might do in a pandemic.
Show Notes.
Giovanni Boccaccio: The Decameron.
[Bookshop.
Gutenberg.]
We’re using the G.H. McWilliam translation, and we’re looking at these
stories:
2.7 Alatiel marries the King of Algarve, eventually
3.1 Masetto tends to the gardens of a nunnery
3.10 Alibech sends the Devil back to Hell
10.9 Messer Torello shows hospitality to Saladin
10.10 Griselda suffers her husband, the Marquis of Saluzzo
Kalila wa-Dimna.
Decameron Web
has lots of useful information, including some details about the Decameron
manuscripts.
The autograph manuscript of the Decameron (i.e., in Boccaccio’s
own handwriting).
A fully digitized Decameron manuscript from around
1400.
Some projects turning to the Decameron right now:
The Decameron Project.
The Modern Decameron Project.
100 Days of Decameron.
Next: Jane Austen, Emma.
[Gutenberg.
LibriVox.
Bookshop.]
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“Let us therefore do as I suggest… We can move from place to place, spending
one day here and another there, pursuing whatever pleasures and entertainment
the present times will afford. In this way of life we shall continue until
such time as we discover (provided we are spared from early death) the end
decreed by heaven for these terrible events.”
It’s 1348, and plague has broken out in Florence. Ten affluent people decide
to escape the city for a bit, and over the course of two weeks they travel
from one villa to another, trying to have a nice time of it. Amongst the
singing, dancing, and feasting, every day includes a round of story-telling.
Ten storytellers, ten days of storytelling: The
Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of
one hundred stories told by people trying to get their minds off the
disruption of disease.
Chris and Suzanne look at the frame tale and five of their favourite stories,
picking out some of the more interesting features of the book, enjoying how
funny or sexy or strange the stories can be, and considering the work stories
might do in a pandemic.
Show Notes.
Giovanni Boccaccio: The Decameron.
[Bookshop.
Gutenberg.]
We’re using the G.H. McWilliam translation, and we’re looking at these
stories:
2.7 Alatiel marries the King of Algarve, eventually
3.1 Masetto tends to the gardens of a nunnery
3.10 Alibech sends the Devil back to Hell
10.9 Messer Torello shows hospitality to Saladin
10.10 Griselda suffers her husband, the Marquis of Saluzzo
Kalila wa-Dimna.
Decameron Web
has lots of useful information, including some details about the Decameron
manuscripts.
The autograph manuscript of the Decameron (i.e., in Boccaccio’s
own handwriting).
A fully digitized Decameron manuscript from around
1400.
Some projects turning to the Decameron right now:
The Decameron Project.
The Modern Decameron Project.
100 Days of Decameron.
Next: Jane Austen, Emma.
[Gutenberg.
LibriVox.
Bookshop.]
Support The Spouter-Inn on Patreon if you
can, and tell us what you’re reading!
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