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Decameron Softcover - 1989

by Boccaccio, Giovanni; McWilliam, G.H

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New Amer Library, East Rutherford, NJ, 1989. Softcover. Good Condition. Text appears clean, crease on back of cover, some minor wear to over all book. Quantity Available: 1. ISBN: 0451627466. ISBN/EAN: 9780451627469. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560742818. . 9780451627469
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  • Title Decameron
  • Author Boccaccio, Giovanni; McWilliam, G.H
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good Condition
  • Pages 736
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher New Amer Library, East Rutherford, NJ
  • Date 1989
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1560742818
  • ISBN 9780451627469 / 0451627466
  • Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.91 x 4.2 x 1.16 in (17.55 x 10.67 x 2.95 cm)
  • Reading level 1500
  • Dewey Decimal Code 853.1

Summary

In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. They amuse themselves by each telling a story a day for the ten days they are destined to remain there - a hundred stories of love, adventure and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied with abstract concepts of morality or religion than earthly values, the tales range from the bawdy Peronella hiding her lover in a tub to Ser Cepperallo, who, despite his unholy effrontery, becomes a Saint. The result is a towering monument of European literature and a masterpiece of imaginative narrative.

From the publisher

Giovanni Boccaccio was born in Florence, Italy, in 1313, and he died there in 1375. His life thus coincided with the flowering of the early Renaissance and indeed his closest friend was Petrarch, the other towering literary figure of the period. During his lifetime, Boccaccio was a diplomat, businessman, and international traveler, as well as the creator of numerous works of prose and poetry. Of his achievements, The Decameron, completed sometime between 1350 and 1352, remains his lasting contribution—immensely popular from its original appearance to the present day—to world literature.


Mark Musa is a professor at the Center for Italian Studies at Indiana University. A former Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellow, Musa is the author of a highly acclaimed translation of Dante's Divine Comedy.

Mark Musa and Peter Bondanella are professors at the Center for Italian Studies at Indiana University. Mark Musa, a former Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellow, is the author of a highly acclaimed translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Peter Bondanella, a former Younger Humanist and Senior Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has published, among other works, Machiavelli and the Art of Renaissance History and Federico Fellini: Essays in Criticism. He is coeditor of The Dictionary of Italian Literature and The Portable Machiavelli.

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