(Swans - November 2, 2009) The first time I came to know about the Boccaccio masterpiece was in the mid '70s, watching the 1970 Pier Paolo Pasolini choppy and eponymous film The Decameron. Then it disappeared into a thicket of memories among other films, books, and pursuits. It resurfaced again as one of the subjects of discussion in Daniel J. Boorstin's copious tome The Creators, which I read during October 2006. Subsequently, it got on my "to do" list.
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The Monuments of Civilization: Analysis of Classics -The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
(Swans - November 2, 2009) The first time I came to know about the Boccaccio masterpiece was in the mid '70s, watching the 1970 Pier Paolo Pasolini choppy and eponymous film The Decameron. Then it disappeared into a thicket of memories among other films, books, and pursuits. It resurfaced again as one of the subjects of discussion in Daniel J. Boorstin's copious tome The Creators, which I read during October 2006. Subsequently, it got on my "to do" list.
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