Boccaccio
"Boccaccio" by Hermann Hesse is a biographical essay published in 1904. The work traces the life of Giovanni Boccaccio, the medieval Italian storyteller, from his illegitimate birth in Paris to his death in Florence. Hesse follows Boccaccio's rebellious youth, his passionate affairs with noblewomen, his reluctant transformation from merchant's son to writer, and his creation of the immortal Decameron. The essay also explores two beloved tales from Boccaccio's masterwork, celebrating the beauty and craft of Renaissance storytelling.
Summary written by Project Gutenberg, by machine.
- Language
- German (Deutsch)
- On Project Gutenberg since
- 26 February 2013
- Read in the last 30 days
- 697 times at Project Gutenberg
More by Hermann Hesse
See all: More by Hermann Hesse
Hermann Lauscher
Siddhartha
Demian
Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend
Steppenwolf
Der Steppenwolf
Siddhartha: eine indische Dichtung
Unterm Rad
Klingsors letzter Sommer
Siddhartha: A Poem of India
Märchen
Knulp: Drei Geschichten aus dem Leben Knulps
Peter Camenzind
Diesseits: Erzählungen
Narziß und Goldmund
Nachbarn: Erzählungen
Gertrud
Rosshalde
Romantische Lieder
Eine Stunde hinter Mitternacht
More from the shelf “Nobel Prizes in Literature”
See all: More from the shelf “Nobel Prizes in Literature”
A farewell to arms
The Jungle Book
The Problems of Philosophy
The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English
The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost Stories
The Red Lily — Complete
Siddhartha
Pygmalion
Buddenbrooks: Verfall einer Familie
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy: Historical Romance
Just so stories
The Sun Also Rises
Demian
Der Zauberberg. Erster Band
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2
The sound and the fury
Gitanjali
