In this study I attempt to provide a critical-exegetic reading of Giovanni Boccaccio's Filocolo: critical, because my point of departure is a problem---the insistent, puzzling repetition, on the part of the various characters, of the same story, the story of…

Travel as a primary human activity has long been examined in all its different facets and functions: exploration, discovery, conquest, quest for the unknown. It has been considered a means of self-discovery and self-determination. The scholarly literature on this topic…