What does Boccaccio’s preface and prologue tell us about his reasons for writing The Decameron

What does Boccaccio’s preface and prologue tell us about his reasons for writing The Decameron

Read: Decameron, Boccaccio’s preface, prologue, and conclusion

*Reading Question: What does Boccaccio’s preface and prologue tell us about his reasons for

writing The Decameron? What does his preface and prologue tell us about the plague in Florence? In his conclusion, Boccaccio seems to be responding to potential criticism of his work by his audience. Who seems to be his audience? What sorts of criticisms is he responding to? How does he defend his work?

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The Decameron refers to a collection of allegorical short stories, one hundred in number. These were written by an Italian author, Giovanni Boccaccio. The short stories were authored in the year 1353 (Boccaccio, 2015). The one hundred short stories in the Decameron mainly revolve around seven ladies and three young men……………………….

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