Theme of the Plague in Italian Letters

Vincenzo Traversa

earliest edition we have, 2018 Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter, 2018

"Several poetic and prose compositions in early Italian literature contain references to the bubonic plague and other illnesses that were used in the language both literally and metaphorically. The first detailed description of a plague epidemic, however, was written by Giovanni Boccaccio in the introduction to The Decameron. It is a precise and dramatic view of the physical, social, and medical conditions of Florenc...

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Theme of the Plague in Italian Letters edition · 2018 · Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter · 9781433151545
Theme of the Plague in Italian Letters edition · 2018 · Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter · 388 pages · 9781433151521
Theme of the Plague in Italian Letters edition · 2018 · Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter · 9781433151552
Theme of the Plague in Italian Letters edition · 2018 · Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter · 9781433151538

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