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OverviewThis edition presents 33 of the 100 tales, with at least two from each of the ten days of storytelling. Boccaccio’s general introduction and conclusion to the work are also included, as are the introduction and conclusion to the first day; the reader is thus provided with a real sense of the Decameron’s framing narrative. Extensive explanatory notes are provided, and the volume is prefaced by a concise but wide-ranging introduction to Boccaccio’s life and times, as well as to the Decameron itself. A unique selection of contextual materials concludes the volume. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Giovanni Boccaccio , Don Beecher , Massimo Ciavolella , Don BeecherPublisher: Broadview Press Ltd Imprint: Broadview Press Ltd Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.393kg ISBN: 9781554813001ISBN 10: 155481300 Pages: 360 Publication Date: 30 July 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Language: English Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction from The Decameron The Author’s Preface Introduction to the First Day The First Day I. Story 1: Cepparello’s False Confession I. Story 2: The Jew who Sees Rome and Converts I. Story 3: Melchisedech and the Tale of the Three Rings I. Story 5: The King of France and the Banquet of Hens I. Story 10: Master Alberto Shames the Woman who Refuses his Love Conclusion to the First Day The Second Day II. Story 5: Andreuccio’s Three Misadventures in Naples II. Story 7: The Sultan’s Daughter Sleeps with Nine Men and Returns a Virgin The Third Day III. Story 1: Masetto becomes Gardener to a Convent III. Story 6: Ricciardo sends a Jealous Wife to the Baths to catch her Husband III. Story 8: Ferondo visits Purgatory III. Story 9: Giletta of Narbonne III. Story 10: Alibech and Rustico put the Devil back into Hell The Fourth Day Introduction IV. Story 1: Tancredi, Ghismunda, and her Lover’s Heart IV. Story 2: Frate Alberto as the Angel Gabriel IV. Story 5: Lisabetta and the Pot of Basil IV. Story 8: The Broken Hearts of Girolamo and Salvestra The Fifth Day V. Story 1: Cimone and Lisimaco Abduct their Brides V. Story 4: The Lovers, the Balcony, and the Nightingale The Sixth Day VI. Story 1: Madonna Oretta and the Story Ride VI. Story 4: Chichibio and the One-legged Bird VI. Story 7: Donna Filippa Confronts the Adultery Laws VI. Story 9: Guido Cavalcanti’s Witty Escape The Seventh Day VII. Story 2: Peronella’s Lover and the Barrel VII. Story 6: A Quick-Thinking Adulteress The Eighth Day VIII. Story 3: Calendrino and the Heliotrope Stone VIII. Story 7: The Scholar Frozen and the Lady Burned The Ninth Day IX. Story 5: Calandrino in Love IX. Story 6: Three Beds and a Cradle IX. Story 10: The Spell that Turns Women to Mares The Tenth Day X. Story 3: Nathan Offers his Life X. Story 5: A Lady’s Honour for a Garden in Winter X. Story 8: The Perfect Friendship of Tito and Gisippus X. Story 10: Griselda’s Remarkable Patience The Author’s Epilogue In Context The Black Death from Marchione di Coppo Stefani, from The Florentine Chronicle (ca. 1389), “Concerning the Black Death in the City of Florence, Mortal to Many People,” The Black Death: fourteenth century images Accounts of Boccaccio’s Life Giannozzo Manetti, “The Life of Giovanni Boccaccio” Ludovico Dolce, “A Description of the Life of Messer Giovanni Boccaccio” (1552) Sources and Antecedents from Apuleius, The Golden Ass: from Book Nine, “The Lover in the Barrel” (c. 160 CE) from Petrus Alphonsus, Disciplina Clericalis, “The Two Perfect Friends,” (12th century) from Andreas Capellanus, The Art of Courtly Love (c. 1180) Anonymous, “Concerning a Priest and a Lady” (13th century) from Anonymous, Il novellino (1281-1300) How a king raised his son in darkness, then revealed to him all there was in the world, and how the boy found women above all things the most pleasing.” “How the Sultan in search of money tried to snare a Jew through litigation.” “The never-ending story.” from Giovanni Boccaccio, The Questions of Love: “The Fourth Question, as proposed by Menedon” (1335-36) The Tale of Patient Griselda from Francesco Petrarch, Letter to Boccaccio on “The Tale of Patient Griselda” (1373) Anonymous, “A Most Pleasant Ballad of Patient Grissell” (ca. 1600) Patterns of Influence from Sir Thomas Elyot, The Book Named the Governour: from Bk. II, Chap. 12, “The Wonderful History of Titus and Gisippus, whereby is fully declared the figure of perfect amity.” (1531) from Giovan Francesco Straparola, The Pleasant Nights (Piacevoli notti) (1550, 1553) from the Proem Rodolino and Violante, or The Broken Hearts Illustrations to the DecameronReviewsFurnished with an engaging selection of tales, a formidable apparatus of primary texts and reproductions [from the] visual arts, this is an ideal text for a course in English on Boccaccio's Decameron. The translators have struck an enviable balance between the colloquial valences of the dialogue and the more formal moments of its register, all while untangling the complex syntax that can be daunting to the non-specialist....This is a Decameron that is accessible and comprehensible, inviting the general reader into its rich narrative world. --Kristina M. Olson, George Mason University “Furnished with an engaging selection of tales, a formidable apparatus of primary texts and reproductions [from the] visual arts, this is an ideal text for a course in English on Boccaccio’s Decameron. The translators have struck an enviable balance between the colloquial valences of the dialogue and the more formal moments of its register, all while untangling the complex syntax that can be daunting to the non-specialist….This is a Decameron that is accessible and comprehensible, inviting the general reader into its rich narrative world.” —Kristina M. Olson, George Mason University “Boccaccio… is unsurpassed in the illuminating perspective from which he explores the variety of dramas of his characters in their day to day interactions,… [and this] rendition of the Decameron is extraordinary: it breathes fresh life into this classic of world literature.” —Giuseppe Mazzotta, Sterling Professor in the Humanities for Italian, Yale University “The translators have provided a smart and engaging selection of the best tales of the Decameron. Their lively prose translation successfully captures the oral scene of storytelling that is central to the book while still attending to important specifics of Boccaccio’s language. A carefully conceived collection of secondary readings completes this volume, which will allow readers to enjoy Boccaccio’s masterpiece from a variety of perspectives.” —Michael Sherberg, Washington University Furnished with an engaging selection of tales, a formidable apparatus of primary texts and reproductions [from the] visual arts, this is an ideal text for a course in English on Boccaccio's Decameron. The translators have struck an enviable balance between the colloquial valences of the dialogue and the more formal moments of its register, all while untangling the complex syntax that can be daunting to the non-specialist....This is a Decameron that is accessible and comprehensible, inviting the general reader into its rich narrative world. -Kristina M. Olson, George Mason University Boccaccio... is unsurpassed in the illuminating perspective from which he explores the variety of dramas of his characters in their day to day interactions,... [and this] rendition of the Decameron is extraordinary: it breathes fresh life into this classic of world literature. -Giuseppe Mazzotta, Sterling Professor in the Humanities for Italian, Yale University The translators have provided a smart and engaging selection of the best tales of the Decameron. Their lively prose translation successfully captures the oral scene of storytelling that is central to the book while still attending to important specifics of Boccaccio's language. A carefully conceived collection of secondary readings completes this volume, which will allow readers to enjoy Boccaccio's masterpiece from a variety of perspectives. -Michael Sherberg, Washington University Author InformationDonald Beecher, Professor of English at Carleton University, is the editor and/or translator of more than twenty editions and anthologies, including a two volume edition of Giovan Francesco Straparola’s The Pleasant Nights (University of Toronto Press, 2014). Massimo Ciavolella holds the positions of Franklin D. Murphy Chair in Italian Renaissance Studies and Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles; he is author or editor of more than a dozen books and many articles on medieval and Renaissance Italian literature. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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