Description: FAMOUS WOMEN ~ a gem of a find for literary minds After the composition of the Decameron, and under the influence of Petrarch’s humanism, Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) devoted the last decades of his life to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is Famous Women, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted exclusively to women.The 106 women whose life stories make up this volume range from the exemplary to the notorious, from historical and mythological figures to Renaissance contemporaries.Thanks for exploring this item!
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Book Title: Famous Women
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Book Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library
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Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Item Length: 5 in
Original Language: Latin
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Publication Year: 2003
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Era: 1300s
Item Height: 8 in
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
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Genre: Ancient Literature
Topic: Books
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 0.5 lb
Item Width: 1.5 in
Number of Pages: 282
