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Start by marking Diana's Hunt (Caccia Di Diana): Boccaccio's First Fiction as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read. Read by Anthony K. Cassell. Giovanni Boccaccio is one of the most influential writers in the Western tradition, yet his first literary work, "Diana's Hunt," has never been translated into English, and the Italian text has long been out of print.

Giovanni Boccaccio is one of the most influential writers in the Western tradition, yet his first literary work, "Diana's Hunt" . Cassell and Kirkham have revised the Italian text of "La Caccia di Diana", drawing from the six extant manuscripts of the original work.

Giovanni Boccaccio is one of the most influential writers in the Western tradition, yet his first literary work, "Diana's Hunt", has never been translated into English, and the Italian text has long been out of print. Their critical interpretation of the poem redefines the ground on which we evaluate the merits of "Diana's Hunt" and points to ways in which it looks forward to Boccaccio's later work.

Kirkham, Victoria, The Sign of Reason in Boccaccio’s Fiction (Florence, 1993)

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Diana's Hunt : Boccaccio's First Fiction. by Giovanni Boccaccio.

Boccaccio's First Fiction. 7 Cassell and Kirkham note this trait of wisdom, as well as the dog's reputation for moderation, in their explanation of the influence of the bestiary tradition on Boccaccio's Caccia di Diana (, p. 186). For the reference to Latini, see (, p. 16. .

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Boccaccio's first work, the Caccia di Diana, is generally considered a playful allegory of ‘courtly’ love

Boccaccio's first work, the Caccia di Diana, is generally considered a playful allegory of ‘courtly’ love. Although the poem's literal content cannot be reconciled with its allegedly amorous message, critics have cited the discrepancy as a characteristic example of the youthful author's failure to appreciate the importance of narrative unity. Like Dante's Commedia, Vita nuova, and lost sirventese, Boccaccio's primary models for this early narrative, it is, in fact, a carefully planned numerical composition