Download or read book From Divine to Human: Dante's Circle Vs. Boccaccio's Parodic Centers written by Dino S. Cervigni and published by Bernardo Lecture Series. This book was released on 2009 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Boccacio's Decameron, Cervigni sees a parodic echo of the circles of Dante's Divine Comedy, and asks whether Bocaccio envisions the voyage of the brigata as similar to Dante the Pilgrim's journey toward the center, first the abysmal center of Lucifer, then towards the highest center, God.