1. Giovanni Boccaccio's Introduction to 'The Decameron'

Decameron 2020: Survival through Stories

English - July 21, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MB
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Bob Jones (MFA, Mary Baldwin) recites the introduction to Giovanni Boccaccio's influential, often cited, (and rarely read) The Decameron.

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