This Norton Critical Edition includes: fifty-five judiciously chosen stories from Wayne A. Rebhorns translation of The Decameron; introductory materials, explanatory footnotes and three maps; biographical works by Filippo Villani and Ludovico Dolce, along with literary studies by Francesco Petrarca, Andreas Capellanus and Boccaccio; and eleven critical essays, including those by Giuseppe Mazzotta, Millicent Marcus, Teodolinda Barolini, Susanne L. Wofford, Luciano Rossi and Richard Kuhns. Also included are a chronology and selected bibliography.

About Giovanni Boccaccio

Wayne A. Rebhornis the Celanese Centennial Professor of English at the University of Texas, where he teaches English, Italian, and comparative literature. His translation of BoccacciosDecameronwon the 2014 PEN Center USAs Literary Award for Translation. Wayne A. Rebhornis the Celanese Centennial Professor of English at the University of Texas, where he teaches English, Italian, and comparative literature. His translation of BoccacciosDecameronwon the 2014 PEN Center USAs Literary Award for Translation.

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Sku

NGR9780393935622

ISBN 13

9780393935622

ISBN 10

0393935620

Title

The Decameron: A Norton Critical Edition by Giovanni Boccaccio

Author

Giovanni Boccaccio

Series

Norton Critical Editions

Condition

New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

WW Norton & Co

Year published

2015-03-11

Number of pages

560

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N/A

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