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The Decameron (Norton Critical Editions)
Giovanni Boccaccio
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Description for The Decameron (Norton Critical Editions)
Paperback. "If you want the true, mixed, fourteenth-century book that Boccaccio wrote, choose Rebhorn."-Joan Acocella, The New Yorker Editor(s): Rebhorn, Wayne A. Translator(s): Rebhorn, Wayne A. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Norton Critical Editions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393935622
SKU
V9780393935622
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About Giovanni Boccaccio
Wayne A. Rebhorn is the Celanese Centennial Professor of English at the University of Texas, where he teaches English, Italian, and comparative literature. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Reviews for The Decameron (Norton Critical Editions)
A strikingly modern translation of Boccaccio's medieval Italian classic. . . . Rebhorn's translation is eminently readable. His translation's accessibility allows the timeless humanity of the work to shine through.