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This volume presents fifty-five stories, newly translated, of the hundred novelle that comprise Boccaccio as masterpiece. Winner of the 2014 PEN USA Literary Award for Translation This Norton Critical Edition includes: À Fifty-five judiciously chosen stories from Wayne A. Rebhorn as translation of The Decameron. À Introductory materials and explanatory footnotes by Wayne A. Rebhorn, along with three maps. À Biographical works by Filippo Villani and Ludovico Dolce along with literary studies by Francesco Petrarca, Andreas Capellanus, and Boccaccio. À Eleven critical essays, including those by Giuseppe Mazzotta, Millicent Marcus, Teodolinda Barolini, Susanne L. Wofford, Luciano Rossi, and Richard Kuhns. À A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography.