Hesse, Hermann 1877-1962 creator text utu 2013 monographic de 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Boccaccio" by Hermann Hesse is a biographical essay published in 1904. The work traces the life of Giovanni Boccaccio, the medieval Italian storyteller, from his illegitimate birth in Paris to his death in Florence. Hesse follows Boccaccio's rebellious youth, his passionate affairs with noblewomen, his reluctant transformation from merchant's son to writer, and his creation of the immortal Decameron. The essay also explores two beloved tales from Boccaccio's masterwork, celebrating the beauty and craft of Renaissance storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boccaccio_(Hesse) Release date is 2013-02-26 Produced by Jana Srna, Enrico Segre, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42213 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42213 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133951.0 42213