*CHAUCER PLAGIARISED FROM THIS*
Written in VERNACULAR (local lingo - not latin)
STRAPAROLA deals with taboos (snake in womb etc)
Basile colloquial - enjoys the Italian language and ridiculousness
Monday, March 2, 2009
Straparola & Basile
The Decameron [deca=100, so decameron=100 stories] Giovanni Boccaccio [Florence 1348- great plague]
*CHAUCER PLAGIARISED FROM THIS*
Written in VERNACULAR (local lingo - not latin)
STRAPAROLA deals with taboos (snake in womb etc)
Basile colloquial - enjoys the Italian language and ridiculousness
*CHAUCER PLAGIARISED FROM THIS*
Written in VERNACULAR (local lingo - not latin)
STRAPAROLA deals with taboos (snake in womb etc)
Basile colloquial - enjoys the Italian language and ridiculousness
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