Medieval LOLs: Boccaccio's 'Decameron', Part One

Close Readings

Το περιεχόμενο παρέχεται από το Anthony Wilks and London Review of Books. Όλο το περιεχόμενο podcast, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των επεισοδίων, των γραφικών και των περιγραφών podcast, μεταφορτώνεται και παρέχεται απευθείας από τον Anthony Wilks and London Review of Books ή τον συνεργάτη της πλατφόρμας podcast. Εάν πιστεύετε ότι κάποιος χρησιμοποιεί το έργο σας που προστατεύεται από πνευματικά δικαιώματα χωρίς την άδειά σας, μπορείτε να ακολουθήσετε τη διαδικασία που περιγράφεται εδώ https://el.player.fm/legal.

1M ago 45:47

MP3•Αρχική οθόνη επεισοδίου

In the preface to the Decameron Boccaccio describes Florentine society laid waste by bubonic plague in the mid-14th century. But before he gets to that he has a confession for the reader: he has been hurt by love, a love ‘more fervent than any other love’, and intends his work as a guide to life and love for young women in particular. In the first of two episodes on Boccaccio’s hundred novelle of sex, dishonesty and foolishness, Mary and Irina consider why both the preface and first story – about the disreputable merchant Cepparello – start with a confession, before looking at the later tale of the gardener Masetto and his noble efforts tending to the needs of every nun in a convent in Lamporecchio.

Subscribe to Close Readings:

Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://lrb.me/medlolapplesignup

In other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/medlolscsignup

Read more on Boccaccio the LRB: https://lrb.me/decameronpod

Get in touch: podcasts@lrb.co.uk

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

112 επεισόδια

#Books #Higher Education #Arts #Podcasting Education #Anthony Wilks #London Review Of Books