ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The first formal biography of Dante was the Vita di Dante (also known as Trattatello in laude di Dante), written after 1348 by Giovanni Boccaccio.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dante’s example is fundamentally important for the poetic apprenticeship of the young Boccaccio, particularly after his return to Florence from Naples, in 1341. In the Florentine works of the following years Boccaccio is clearly emulating Dante.

Detailed explanation-3: -Boccaccio was a Florentine, and Dante was a real presence in his family life, related as he was to Beatrice via his father’s second wife. From childhood onwards, his education and travels brought him into contact with further individuals who had known Dante in person.

Detailed explanation-4: -Giovanni Boccaccio, (born 1313, Tuscany-died Dec. 21, 1375, Certaldo, Tuscany), Italian poet and scholar, best remembered as the author of the earthy tales in the Decameron.

Detailed explanation-5: -Francesco Petrarca (1304-74) and Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75), following Dante, are firmly established Renaissance writers, both of them also writing in the Florentine dialect. Boccaccio witnessed these momentous times and gave the world one of its best-known and widely read books, The Decameron.