Research Catalog

Title

Italian Renaissance tales / translated with an introduction and notes by Anthony Mortimer.

Publication

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

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Additional Authors

• Mortimer, Anthony Robert
• Bandello, Matteo, 1485-1561
• Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
• Giraldi, Giambattista Cinzio, 1504-1573
• Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
• Pona, Francesco
• Sabadino degli Arienti, Giovanni, -1510

Description

lii, 331 pages; 20 cm.

Series Statement

Oxford world's classics

Uniform Title

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Subject

• To 1499
• Italian fiction > To 1400 > Translations into English
• Italian fiction > 15th century > Translations into English
• Short stories, Italian > Translations into English
• Italian fiction
• Short stories, Italian

Genre/Form

• Novelle.
• Translations.

Note

• "New translation by Anthony Mortimer"--Cover.

Contents

Translator's introduction / Anthony Mortimer -- Proem / Giovanni Boccanccio -- The conversation of Abraham / Giovanni Boccanccio -- Alibech and Rustico / Giovanni Boccanccio -- Tancredi and Ghismonda / Giovanni Boccanccio -- The pot of basil / Giovanni Boccanccio -- Madonna Filippa's Defence / Giovanni Boccanccio -- Peronella and the jar / Giovanni Boccanccio -- Patient Griselda / Giovanni Boccanccio -- Giannetto and the lady of Belmont / Giovanni Fiorentino -- Piero Brandani's son / Franco Saccetti -- A sermon on usury / Franco Sacchetti -- The tale of catellina / Giovanni Gherardi da Prato -- Anselmo Salimbeni and Angelica Montanini / Gentile Sermini -- The fat woodworker / Antonio Manetti -- Saint Griffin's drawers / Masuccio Salernitano -- The castilian student / Masuccio Salenitano -- The priest and the friar / Abbadino Degli Arienti -- A fabel / Niccoló Machiavelli -- Fortunio / Giovan Francesco Straparola -- Margherita Spolatina / Giovan Francesco Straparola -- The story of two nobel lovers / Luigi da Porto -- Madonna Lisabetta / Giovanni Brevio -- The countess of Challant / Matteo Brandello -- Giulia of Gazzuolo / Matteo Brandello -- Timbreo and Fenicia / Matteo Brandello -- The duchess of Amalfi / Matteo Brandello -- Niccoló d'Este / Matteo Brandello -- Introduction / Anton Francesco Grazzini -- Frazio the goldsmith / Anton Francesco Grazzini -- Lazzero and Gabriello / Anton Francesco Grazzini -- Antonio Angelini / Pietro Fortini -- The metamorphoses of an emperor / Christoforo Ameno -- The moorish captain / Giovambattista Giraldi Cinzio -- Nigella and the doctor / Giovambattista Giraldi Cinzio -- Iuriste and Epitia / Giovambattista Giraldi Cinzio -- Cinderella / Giabattista Basile -- Sun, moon and Talia / Giabattista Basile -- Armilla / Francesco Pona -- Lindori / Francesco Pona -- Explanatory notes / Anthony Mortimer

Call Number

JFD 20-510

ISBN

• 0198794967
• 9780198794967

OCLC

1088808552

Title

Italian Renaissance tales / translated with an introduction and notes by Anthony Mortimer.

Publisher

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Oxford world's classics

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Chronological Term

To 1499

Added Author

Mortimer, Anthony Robert, translator, contributor.

Bandello, Matteo, 1485-1561, author.

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375, author.

Giraldi, Giambattista Cinzio, 1504-1573, author.

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527, author.

Pona, Francesco, author.

Sabadino degli Arienti, Giovanni, -1510, author.

Research Call Number

JFD 20-510