THE love which Dante so magisterially celebrated and to which Boccaccio was paying his faltering tribute in the Ameto was the mother, not of religion, but of culture. Christianity had turned the ...

THE monograph on Boccaccio by Mr. J.A. Symonds, which has been lately published, sets one a-thinking again about the Decameron. Mr. Symonds is exceedingly enthusiastic in his praises, and hands on the ...

The Netflix dark comedy is loosely based on Giovanni Boccaccio's short story collection set during the bubonic plague pandemic. By Nicole Fell Assistant Editor The dark comedy, which released on the ...

We're in the depths of winter — of course you're going to be glued to the couch for the rest of July. The year is 1348 and Florence, Italy, is riddled with pestilence. The few self-obsessed nobles ...

Comedies, like horror stories, have two tasks: to encourage an immediate emotional response from their audiences and not overstay their welcome. Laughing and screaming take a lot out of a person, so ...