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This thesis, written in Italian, examines the literary responses of Francesco Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio to the Black Death of 1348. The plague was a dramatic event that had a resounding impact on every aspect of medieval society; we are left with descriptions of the experience and reactions to the great level of mortality particularly in the literary and artistic fields. I examine the different ... read moreways in which the two prominent Italian authors describe and deal with the psychological consequences in their works, as survivors of the dramatic event. I also explore the changes and repercussions brought about after the wave of plague in 1348.read less
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