The Decameron
The Decameron

Author: Giovanni Boccaccio

Publisher: Norton Critical Editions

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780393935622

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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.

Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective
Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective

Author: David Lummus

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1487508719

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The expert readings in this collection explore the ten stories of Day Six of Boccaccio's Decameron - a day that involves meditations on language, narration, and meaning

Stories from Quarantine
Stories from Quarantine

Author: The New York Times

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-03-22

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1982170816

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"Previously published as The decameron project."

The Decameron
The Decameron

Author: Giovanni Boccaccio

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-04-30

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0486149463

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A group of escapees from plague-ridden Florence pass the time by telling tales of romance in this landmark of medieval literature. Features 25 of the original 100 stories. J. M. Rigg translation.

The Decameron: The Classic Translation of John Payne
The Decameron: The Classic Translation of John Payne

Author: Giovanni Boccaccio

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2013-08-20

Total Pages: 927

ISBN-13: 8074844250

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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Decameron: The Classic Translation of John Payne" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. John Payne's translation of The Decameron was originally published in a private printing for The Villon Society, London in 1886. Comprised of 100 novellas told by ten men and women over a ten day journey fleeing plague-infested Florence, the Decameron is an allegorical work famous for its bawdy portrayals of everyday life, its searing wit and mockery, and its careful adherence to a framed structure. The word "decameron" is derived from the Greek and means "ten days". Boccaccio drew on many influences in writing the Decameron, and many writers, including Martin Luther, Chaucer, and Keats, later drew inspiration from the book. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian writer and humanist, one of the founders of the Renaissance. He studied business but abandoned it eventually to pursue his literary interests. In 1350 Boccaccio met Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-1374), one the most important figures in the beginnings of the Renaissance and Humanism.

Holdout
Holdout

Author: Graham Moore

Publisher:

Published: 2020-02-20

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781409196808

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'Plunge a syringe filled with adrenaline into the heart of Twelve Angry Men and you've got The Holdout: the first legal thriller in thirty years - ever since Presumed Innocent and A Time to Kill electrified readers the world over - to rank alongside those two modern classics.' AJ Finn'The most gripping and satisfying thriller I've read in more than a decade' Sophie Hannah'Quite the tour de force! Twelve Angry Men meets Chinatown and creates something of its own' Sarah Pinborough'This is a tense, emotionally charged, scary-good, stand-out read that hooked me until the last page' Caroline KepnesOne juror changed the verdict. What if she was wrong?'Ten years ago we made a decision together...'Fifteen-year-old Jessica Silver, heiress to a billion-dollar fortune, vanishes on her way home from school. Her teacher, Bobby Nock, is the prime suspect. It's an open and shut case for the prosecution, and a quick conviction seems all but guaranteed. Until Maya Seale, a young woman on the jury, persuades the rest of the jurors to vote not guilty: a controversial decision that will change all of their lives forever.Ten years later, one of the jurors is found dead, and Maya is the prime suspect.The real killer could be any of the other ten jurors. Is Maya being forced to pay the price for her decision all those years ago?

The Eaten Heart
The Eaten Heart

Author: Giovanni Boccaccio

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2007-08-02

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 0141964960

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Ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside from the Black Death and tell stories to pass the time. From the unfaithful wife who unwittingly eats her lover’s heart to the sly peasant plotting to seduce a whole nunnery, these are tales of lust, adventure and unexpected twists of fate. United by the theme of love, the writings in the Great Loves series span over two thousand years and vastly different worlds. Readers will be introduced to love’s endlessly fascinating possibilities and extremities: romantic love, platonic love, erotic love, gay love, virginal love, adulterous love, parental love, filial love, nostalgic love, unrequited love, illicit love, not to mention lost love, twisted and obsessional love....

Decameron Eighth Day in Perspective
Decameron Eighth Day in Perspective

Author: William Robins

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2020-07-09

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1487506902

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Stories about pranks figure prominently in Boccaccio's Decameron. This book explores Boccaccio's poetics of repetition, accumulation, and contiguity in Day Eight, a day rich in tales of practical jokes.

Mrs Rosie and the Priest
Mrs Rosie and the Priest

Author: Giovanni Boccaccio

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2015-02-26

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 0141397837

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Four hilarious and provocative stories from Boccaccio's Decameron, featuring cuckolded husbands, cross-dressing wives and very bad priests. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). Boccaccio's Decameron is available in Penguin Classics in both a complete and selected edition.