Overview

This volume presents fifty-five stories, newly translated, of the hundred novelle that comprise Boccaccio's masterpiece.

Winner of the 2014 PEN USA Literary Award for Translation



This Norton Critical Edition includes:

· Fifty-five judiciously chosen stories from Wayne A. Rebhorn's translation of The Decameron.

· Introductory materials and explanatory footnotes by Wayne A. Rebhorn, along with three maps.

· Biographical works by Filippo Villani and Ludovico Dolce along with literary studies by Francesco Petrarca, Andreas Capellanus, and Boccaccio.

· Eleven critical essays, including those by Giuseppe Mazzotta, Millicent Marcus, Teodolinda Barolini, Susanne L. Wofford, Luciano Rossi, and Richard Kuhns.

· A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography.

ISBN-13

9780393523003

ISBN-10

0393523004

List Price

$12.99

Format

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Language

English

Pages

560 pages

Publisher

Published On

2015-09-15



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