Tales from the Decameron
Autor Giovanni Boccaccio Traducere de Peter Hainsworthen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2015
This hugely enjoyable volume collects the best stories of Boccaccio's masterwork in a fresh, accessible new translation by Peter Hainsworth. It includes such celebrated, thought-provoking tales as 'Isabella and the Pot of Basil' (famously adapted by Keats) and 'Patient Griselda' alongside many boisterous and daring stories featuring faithless wives, philandering priests and curious nuns.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141191331
ISBN-10: 0141191333
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141191333
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Boccaccio
was
born
in
Florence
in
1313.
He
later
moved
to
Naples,
where
he
became
part
of
the
circle
at
court
and
started
writing
books.
In
1348,
he
witnessed
the
plague
in
Florence,
which
killed
half
the
city's
population
and
would
become
the
backdrop
to
his
masterpiece,The
Decameron.In
later
life
he
befriended
the
poet
Petrarch,
who
left
to
him
in
his
will
an
ermine
robe
to
keep
him
warm
when
studying
on
winter
nights.
Boccaccio
died
in
1375.
Peter Hainsworth is Professor of Italian at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and co-editor ofTheOxford Companion to Italian Literature.
Peter Hainsworth is Professor of Italian at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and co-editor ofTheOxford Companion to Italian Literature.