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The Decameron
Contributor(s): Boccaccio, Giovanni (Author), Rebhorn, Wayne A. (Editor), Rebhorn, Wayne A. (Translator)
ISBN: 0393935620     ISBN-13: 9780393935622
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
OUR PRICE:   $26.60  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2015
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | European - Italian
Dewey: 853.1
LCCN: 2015010082
Lexile Measure: 1500
Series: Norton Critical Editions
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.6" W x 9.2" (0.95 lbs) 560 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Italy
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
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.

Contributor Bio(s): Rebhorn, Wayne A.: - 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.