Osservazioni tassiane a margine dell’opera di Boccaccio

The essay proposes a study of the relationship between Tasso and Boccaccio, analysing references to ancient auctoritas present in Tasso's theoretical production. sixteenth-century poet's interest Boccaccio's works can be found author's epistolary, letters which claims possession some his texts or those he explicitly requests them. As with Dante Petrarch, reading is careful inclined take source as model for observations rhetorical, linguistic-grammatical metrical nature. These form non-systematic corpus reflections on poetic language, an authentic reflection intimate dialogue author Boccaccio.