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Filocolo: Edizione Integrale

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Il Filocolo, che, secondo un'etimologia approssimativa, significa "fatica d'amore", è un romanzo in prosa, rappresentando così una svolta rispetto ai romanzi delle origini scritti in versi. La storia ha due protagonisti, Florio, figlio di un re saraceno, e Biancifiore, una schiava cristiana abbandonata da bambina. I due fanciulli crescono assieme e da grandi, in seguito alla lettura del libro di Ovidio "Ars Amandi" si innamorano, come era successo per Paolo e Francesca dopo avere letto "Ginevra e Lancillotto". Tuttavia il padre di Florio decide di separarli vendendo Biancifiore a dei mercanti. Florio decide quindi di andarla a cercare e dopo mille peripezie (da qui il titolo Filocolo=Fatica d'amore) la reincontra. Infine il giovane si converte al Cristianesimo e sposa la fanciulla.

505 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1985

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Giovanni Boccaccio

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Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375) was an Italian author and poet, a friend and correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist in his own right and author of a number of notable works including the Decameron, On Famous Women, and his poetry in the Italian vernacular. Boccaccio is particularly notable for his dialogue, of which it has been said that it surpasses in verisimilitude that of just about all of his contemporaries, since they were medieval writers and often followed formulaic models for character and plot.

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