The Decameron - A Norton Critical Edition

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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

“If you want the true, mixed, fourteenth-century book that Boccaccio wrote, choose Rebhorn.”—Joan Acocella, The New Yorker

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Giovanni Boccaccio, Wayne A. Rebhorn
• Con la collaborazione di: Wayne A Rebhorn (Editore), Wayne A. Rebhorn (Editore), Wayne A. (University of Texas at Austin) Rebhorn (Editore), Wayne A Rebhorn (Traduzione), Wayne A. Rebhorn (Traduzione), Wayne A. (University of Texas at Austin) Rebhorn (Traduzione)
• Editore: Norton
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.09.2021
• EAN: 9780393935622
• ISBN: 978-0-393-93562-2
• Pagine: 560
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 236 mm x 16 mm
• Peso: 441 g
• Serie: Norton Critical Editions; Norton Critical Editions
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Famiglia; Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Education, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, Literary studies: general, Italian