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.
The Decameron (Norton Critical Editions) Edition by Giovanni Boccaccio and Publisher W. W. Norton & Company. Save up to 80% by choosing the eTextbook option for ISBN: 9780393521764, 0393521761. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9780393935622, 0393935620.
