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Love and Sex in the Time of Plague

- A Decameron Renaissance

About Love and Sex in the Time of Plague

Guido Ruggiero brings readers back to Renaissance Florence, capturing how the Decameron sounded to fourteenth-century ears. Giovanni Boccaccio's masterpiece of love, sex, loyalty, and betrayal resonated amid the Black Death and the era's convulsive political change, reimagining truth and virtue in a moment both desperate and full of potential.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674257825
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 320
  • Published:
  • May 31, 2021
  • Dimensions:
  • 244x164x29 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 610 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: July 13, 2025

Description of Love and Sex in the Time of Plague

Guido Ruggiero brings readers back to Renaissance Florence, capturing how the Decameron sounded to fourteenth-century ears. Giovanni Boccaccio's masterpiece of love, sex, loyalty, and betrayal resonated amid the Black Death and the era's convulsive political change, reimagining truth and virtue in a moment both desperate and full of potential.

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