Giovanni Boccaccio: The Elegy of Madonna Fiammetta Sent by Her to Women in Love by Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio: The Elegy of Madonna Fiammetta Sent by Her to Women in Love

Studies in Italian Culture--Literature in History

Giovanni Boccaccio

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"The Elegy of Madonna Fiammetta" is narrated by a woman who recounts her love affair with a young man she calls Panfilo and his betrayal of her. Medieval works depict courtly love as a disease suffered by upper-class men; the "Elegy" depicts the p...

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