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Boccaccio

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Boc·cac·cio  (b-käch-, -ch), Giovanni 1313-1375.
Italian poet and writer whose classic work, the Decameron (c. 1350), is a collection of 100 tales set against the melancholic background of the Black Death.
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Noun1.BoccaccioBoccaccio - Italian poet (born in France) (1313-1375)
Giovanni Boccaccio


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It is said that Chaucer borrowed the form of his famous tales from a book called The Decameron, written by an Italian poet named Boccaccio.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
From this time, and especially after his other visit to Italy, five years later, he made much direct use of the works of Petrarch and Boccaccio and to a less degree of those of their greater predecessor, Dante, whose severe spirit was too unlike Chaucer's for his thorough appreciation.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
Would he take a Boccaccio, or a "Golden Ass," or a "Tom Jones," in exchange?
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
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