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L'Omero di Boccaccio

2018

EnglishRelying on the most recent scholarly findings, this essay quickly retraces the presence of the figure of Homer and its meaning in the whole of Giovanni Boccaccio’s literary works. The aim is to ponder the role of the Greek poet in the intellectual biography of Boccaccio, and to better understand the author’s knowledge of Homer in its chronolog-ical development and unfolding. In this chronological survey, a prominent role is played by the recently reemerged Homer’s portrait, which is sketched in the final page of the so-called ‘Toledan Dante’. The essay focuses on the meaning of this fascinating and enig-matic page, in order to formulate a new interpretative hypothesis. italianoIl saggio ripercorre rapidamente l’intera produzione letteraria di Giovanni Boccaccio al fine di riflettere, in prospettiva diacronica e alla luce delle scoperte piu recenti, sulla presenza e sul senso della presenza del poeta greco nella biografia intellettuale del Certaldese e di meglio collocare nel ...