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Renaissance comic tales of love, treachery, and revenge
- Title
- Renaissance comic tales of love, treachery, and revenge / [Gentile Sermini and others] ; edited and translated from Italian with an introduction by Valerie Martone & Robert L. Martone.
- Publication
- New York : Italica Press, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PQ4257.E5 R46 1994 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxxii, 211 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Summary
- Sixteen bawdy stories which in their day defied conventional morality. In Giacoppo by Lorenzo de' Medici, a man begs his wife to sleep with her lover, in Montanina's Deception by Gentile Sermini, a pair of lovers fake death so they can remarry later.
- Subject
- To 1599
- Short stories, Italian > Translations into English
- Italian fiction > To 1400 > Translations into English
- Italian fiction > 15th century > Translations into English
- Italian fiction > 16th century > Translations into English
- Renaissance > Italy
- Novelle
- Italian fiction
- Novelle
- Renaissance
- Short stories, Italian
- Liebe Motiv
- Rache Motiv
- Prosa
- Short stories, Italian
- Italian fiction > To 1400
- Italian fiction > 15th century
- Italian fiction > 16th century
- Italy
- Italienisch
- Genre/Form
- Short stories.
- short stories.
- Short stories
- Translations
- Nouvelles.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-211).
- Contents
- Montanina's deception. Sir Giovanni da Prato & Baldina. Bindaccino da Fiesole / G. Sermini -- Dolcibene. Berto and More. / G. Gherardi da Prato -- Giacoppo / L. de' Medici -- The Twins Nicuola & Paolo. An Ass tricks the brothers of Modena. Gonnella tricks Marquis Niccolo d'Este / M. Bandello -- Jealous Ioan Tornese. How Saint Bernardine was tricked by two men from Salerno. How two Romans deceived Sir Floriano of Bologna. How Viola tried to satisfy her three lovers on the same night. Two dear friends / M. Salernitano -- A Trick played by the Scheggia on Neri Chiaramontesi. A Trick played by the Scheggia on Gian Simone Berrettaio / A. Grazzini.
- ISBN
- 0934977313
- 9780934977319
- LCCN
- 94016287
- OCLC
- ocm30319602
- 30319602
- SCSB-9620656
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library