![]() ![]() A more notable rabbit trail comes later in the book when he details the beginnings of poetry from pagan mythology. Then, after spending several pages beating up wives and women in general, he adds shortly that he doesn’t really know anything about Dante’s relationship with his wife. For example, he spends an entire chapter railing against women in the most humorously misogynistic way imaginable after telling of Dante’s wedding. Boccaccio seems to have some sort of ADHD issues as he is constantly going off into rabbit trails and diversions. In his Life of Dante, In this book Boccaccio shares anecdotes he has gathered about Dante from people who knew him, most notably Dante’s sister and nephew. ![]() Boccaccio, who is best known for his Decameron, was a fellow Florentine and was 10 years old when Dante died. ![]()
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