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The Decameron: The Original English Translation by John Florio
Florence, 1348 : dix jeunes gens fuient la peste et se réfugient dans une villa toscane. Pendant dix jours, ils se racontent cent histoires, tantôt drôles, tantôt tragiques, toujours pleines d’audace et de finesse.
John Florio 's translation of The Decameron was originally published in London in 1620.
The Decameron was written by Giovanni Boccaccio (probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353). Comprised of 100 novellas told by ten men and women over a ten day journey fleeing plague-infested Florence, the Decameron is an allegorical work famous for its bawdy portrayals of everyday life, its searing wit and mockery, and its careful adherence to a framed structure. The word "decameron" is derived from the Greek and means "ten days".
Boccaccio drew on many influences in writing the Decameron, and many writers, including Martin Luther, Chaucer, and Keats, later drew inspiration from the book.
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian writer and humanist, one of the founders of the Renaissance. He studied business but abandoned it eventually to pursue his literary interests. In 1350 Boccaccio met Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-1374), one the most important figures in the beginnings of the Renaissance and Humanism.
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Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) est un écrivain et humaniste italien, figure majeure de la Renaissance et contemporain de Dante et Pétrarque. Considéré comme l’un des pères de la prose italienne, il a marqué la littérature par son style narratif innovant et son observation fine de la nature humaine. Son œuvre la plus célèbre, The Decameron, écrite au milieu du XIVe siècle, est un recueil de cent nouvelles qui mêlent humour, tragédie et satire, offrant un tableau vivant de la société de son temps. Boccaccio a aussi écrit des poèmes, des traités et des biographies, contribuant ainsi à fonder la tradition littéraire humaniste.
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