Amorous Fiammetta

<p>Told from the perspective of Fiammetta a Florentine noblewoman consumed by love and abandonment Amorous Fiammetta is a groundbreaking psychological novel of the 14th century. With intimate emotional insight it charts the unraveling of a woman caught between desire and despair as she reflects on her affair and its devastating aftermath. Rich in lyrical prose and early humanist themes this work reveals Boccaccio's gift for exploring the depths of romantic and personal experience.</p><p>Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian author and poet a friend student and correspondent of Petrarch and important Renaissance humanist best known for the Decameron. Amourous Fiammetta or The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta describes Fiammetta's passion for Panfilo a Florentine merchant and has been described as the first psychological novel in Western literature.</p>