{"product_id":"the-decameron-selected-tales-paperback","title":"The Decameron: Selected Tales - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGiovanni Boccaccio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDon Beecher\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMassimo Ciavolella\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new edition of Boccaccio's classic work by two of North America's leading experts on the literature of medieval and Renaissance Italy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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 \u003cem\u003eDecameron's\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e itself. A unique selection of contextual materials concludes the volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDonald Beecher\u003c\/strong\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Pleasant Nights\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Toronto Press, 2014); \u003cstrong\u003eMassimo Ciavolella\u003c\/strong\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725270487103,"sku":"9781554813001","price":43.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2c9469171b188d0039422e6e12e9e9c8.webp?v=1765105884","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-decameron-selected-tales-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}