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London Review of Books

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‘Boccaccio has been best remembered – understandably, if unfairly – for his most obscene and ribald tales. In Italian, the adjective 𝘣𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘰 means “lascivious”.’ Barbara Newman on Boccaccio and his reputation: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n14/barbara-newman/dirty-books

2025-08-31T19:24:08.611Z