num_pages: 595
description: The first epic poem written in Italian is the Teseida delle nozze di Emilia (Theseid of the Nuptials of Emilia) by Giovanni Boccaccio, the well-known author of the Decameron . Conceived and composed during the Florentine author’s stay in Naples, it combines masterfully both epic and lyric themes in a genre that may be defined as an epic of love. Besides its intrinsic literary value, the poem reflects the author’s youthful emotions and nostalgia for the happiest times of his life.
language: English
title: Theseid of the Nuptials of Emilia
titlecomplete: Theseid of the Nuptials of Emilia (Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures, #116)
genres: Italian Literature, Poetry
ratings_count: 13
publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers