Organized by the University Libraries Special Collections Division and the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures, the symposium will take place at Mullins Library and the World ...

The tales of Boccaccio’s Decameron in a modern guise, reinterpreted through new communication media such as podcasts.

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for The Decameron finale. In Netflix's The Decameron, nobles and servants seek refuge from the bubonic plague at Villa Santa, leading to chaos and selfish ...

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Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Misia and Zosia Mamet as Pampinea in "The Decameron." (Courtesy of Giulia Parmigiani/Netflix) Here & Now's Scott Tong talks with Kathleen Jordan, creator and executive ...

The Decameron has all the makings of a great sleeper hit: unexpected source material, abundant quirky humor, and sneakily moving performances. Netflix’s limited series also boasts the bone structure ...

Netflix’s The Decameron is here, eight episodes of 14th century comedy drama, featuring a group of misfits hiding in a villa to dodge the plague. But where does its title come from? What does ...

It seems that the time has not yet come to relive the Covid-19 pandemic in comedy mode: If you're going to confine a cross-section of an entire society to the countryside to exacerbate conflicts and ...

In the series centred around the black death, it's only expected that there will be a few casualties in The Decameron. Set against the backdrop of Giovanni Boccaccio's classic tales, the show whisks ...

Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron featured prominently in my History of English Literature course. The 14 th century classic was considered inspiration for the various greats of English writing ...

The Decameron‘s first season just recently premiered on Netflix. As such, fans who were greatly intrigued by the series and its storyline are now wondering if a Season 2 is coming out and has a ...

When asked for an elevator pitch to describe her new show "The Decameron," creator and showrunner Kathleen Jordan kept it simple: "Chaos ensues." Starring Zosia Mamet, Tony Hale and more, the show is ...