The Decameron

A Norton Critical Edition

By:

Giovanni Boccaccio

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Norton Critical Editions

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This Norton Critical Edition includes: fifty-five judiciously chosen stories from Wayne A. Rebhorn's 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.

Author Biography:

Wayne A. Rebhorn is the Celanese Centennial Professor of English at the University of Texas, where he teaches English, Italian, and comparative literature. His translation of Boccaccio’s Decameron won the 2014 PEN Center USA’s Literary Award for Translation. Wayne A. Rebhorn is the Celanese Centennial Professor of English at the University of Texas, where he teaches English, Italian, and comparative literature. His translation of Boccaccio’s Decameron won the 2014 PEN Center USA’s Literary Award for Translation.

Release date Australia

March 11th, 2015

Author

Giovanni Boccaccio

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributors

Edited by Wayne A. Rebhorn
Translated by Wayne A Rebhorn

Edition

Critical edition

Pages

560

Series

Norton Critical Editions

Dimensions

142x236x15

ISBN-13

9780393935622

Product ID

23089272

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