The Decameron (International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

The Decameron (International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 475
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ISBN-10 : 9780393614664
ISBN-13 : 0393614662
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Book Synopsis The Decameron (International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) by : Giovanni Boccaccio

Download or read book The Decameron (International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) written by Giovanni Boccaccio and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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