Downfall of the Famous

Author

Giovanni Boccaccio

Original Work

On the Fates of Famous Men

Translator

Louis Brewer Hall

Editor

Louis Brewer Hall

Language

English

Year

2018

Publisher

Italica Press

Country

United States

Pages

276

ISBN

9781599103730

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BOCCACCIO OFFERS over ninety biographies of famous men and women in nine books. These range from Adam and Eve through biblical, ancient Near Eastern, and Greek lives to his prime examples — famous Romans — before concluding with medievals. He draws on a wide variety of sources, from the Bible, through classical Greek and Roman works, to medieval histories and Arthurian romances. He ended with material drawn from stories told him, and his own eye-witness, at the court of Naples. Newly typeset and paginated, this volume presents Louis Brewer Hall’s complete English translation. It adds numerous historical, biographical, interpretive, and bibliographical notes reflecting a half-century of new Boccaccio scholarship. Hall’s introduction and translation with new preface, notes, bibliography, index, and 5 illustrations.— Google Books