Boccaccio Giovanni:
The Decameron
Translator: MarkMusa, Translator: Peter E.Bondanella
Signet Classics , 2002
Mass paperback, 848 pages
Size: 171x107 mm
ISBN: 9780451528667
ISBN-10: 0451528662
Giovanni Boccaccio
Although Giovanni Boccaccio Was Born In France And Raised And Educated In Naples, Where He Wrote His First Works Under The Patronage Of The French Angevin Ruler, Boccaccio Always Considered Himself A Tuscan, Like Petrarch And Dante. After Boccaccop Returned To Florence In 1340, He Witnessed The Outbreak Of The Great Plague, Or Black Death, In 1348. This Provided The Setting For His Most Famous Work, The Vernacular Prose Masterpiece Il Decamerone (Decameron) (1353). This Collection Of 100 Short Stories, Told By 10 Florentines Who Leave Plague-Infected Florence For The Neighboring Hill Town Of F
Mark Musa
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Stands Alongside Homer And Shakespeare As One Of The Most Important Poets Of The Western Literary Tradition. <Br> Mark Musa, Distinguished Professor Of French And Italian At Indiana University, Is Best Known For His Translations Of Dante And The Poetry Of The Middle Ages.
Peter E. Bondanella
Bondanella Is The Author And Editor Of Many Other Groundbreaking Books On Italian Culture, And Is Chairman And Distinguished Professor, Western European Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington.
