Written between 1348 and 1353 by Giovanni Boccaccio , The Decameron is a cornerstone of Italian literature and a masterpiece of the early Renaissance. Conceived in the wake of the Black Death , the work is a vivid "human comedy" that shifted literary focus from the divine to the earthly. The Framing Narrative
: Over 10 days , each member tells one story per day, totaling 100 tales . The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
Boccaccio uses these tales to explore the breadth of human experience through various lenses: Written between 1348 and 1353 by Giovanni Boccaccio