Summarizes the holdings of John Rylands University's Boccaccio collection.

Provides links to articles, overviews and translations of the poet Boccaccio, his "Decameron" and the black death.

Brown Univ. dedication has the "Decameron" text in English and Italian, a bibliography, and critical articles about the poem and its context.

Offers a timeline of the Italian poet's works in Italian and Latin, along with links to other sites about the author and his "Decameron."

Laugh at a humorous top-10 list that describes why Boccaccio is better than his literary British counterpart, Geoffrey Chaucer.

Discover a brief bio of this writer along with a synopsis of his "Decameron." Find links to his writings at Amazon.com.