Showing posts with label Italian Prose. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italian Prose. Show all posts

Friday, May 15, 2009

Ten a Day

The Shift to a Man-Centered World





Giovanni Boccaccio's




The Decameron


Tales of plague and death
But out of despair Love is Born
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The shift from a God-Centered world of perfect moral pretenses
To a Man-Lived experience of conflicting interpretations and perceptions
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Giovanni Boccaccio's master-piece, the Decameron
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English Translation
Of the 100 tales of Great Italian Prose
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Ten a Day


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The Decameron Web

First Novella
Full Text



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** Irrational Reactions to the Swine Flu pandemic presents us with an opportunity to re-reconsider the relationship between science and mythology in our daily lives and the way we think of things.



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