No artist creates in a vacuum, and Marguerite is no exception. Drawing inspiration from two Italian works-Boccaccio's Decameron and Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier-Marguerite nevertheless produces a compelling and original text, examined here from both the point of view of content and style. | The Heptameron and Its Sources by Rouben Cholakian, Paperback | Indigo Chapters