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An edition of Decamerone (1516)

Early English versions of the tales of Guiscardo and Ghismonda and Titus Gisippus from the Decameron

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ENTERTAINING ROMANTIC STORIES OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FLEEING THE BLACK DEATH IN ITALY AND, AS A RESULT, TAKE TURNS TELLING ROMANTIC STORIES EACH EVENING DURING THEIR 10 DAY FLIGHT.

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English, Middle (1100-1500)
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256

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THEBLACK DEATH, Fiction, historical, general, Europe, fiction, Fiction, Plague, Storytelling, History, Ficción, Italian literature, Middle Ages, Peste bubónica, Narración de cuentos, Juvenile literature, Historia, Translations from Italian, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Glossaries, Hebrew literature, DIllustrations, Illustration of books, Italian Short stories, Language, Translations into English, Translations, Translations into Hebrew, Alegorías, English Short stories, Classic Literature, Literature, Accessible book, Protected DAISY, Popular Print Disabled Books, Charts, diagrams, Physiology, Human anatomy, Plague -- Europe -- History -- Fiction, Storytelling -- Fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, historical, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, erotica, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), Middle High German, Works in Middle High German, Fiction, general, Boccaccio, giovanni, 1313-1375, Italian literature, translations into english, Allegories, Frame-stories, Literature, collections, Canon (Literature), Art de conter, Romans, nouvelles, Peste, Histoire, Moyen Âge, Chefs-d'œuvre (Littérature), Jaffe Collection, Plague in fiction, Storytelling in fiction, Literature in Spanish, Italian fiction, Plague--history, Plague--europe--history--fiction, Storytelling--fiction, Pq4272.e5 a355 1972, 853/.1
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Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), J. M. Rigg (1855-1926), Vincenzo Brusantino Conte, Thomas Wright (1810-1877)
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Europe, Europa, Italy
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CIRCA 1346, Middle ages

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Bibliography: p. [217]-236.
Contains three versions of Guiscardo and Chismonda, consisting of the translation by Gilbert Banester, an anonymous version, The statelie tragedie of Guiscardo and Ghismonda, and William Walter's translation of the tale, also Walter's translation of Titus and Gisippus and Edward Lewicke's version of the same.
Reprint. Previously published: London : Published for the Early English Text Society by Oxford University Press, 1937. (Early English Text Society. Original series ; 205).

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Early English Text Society., 205.

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Dewey Decimal Class
853/.1
Library of Congress
PQ4272.E5 A333 1988

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Pagination
cxv, 256 p. ;
Number of pages
256

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OL2399779M
ISBN 10
0527002054
LCCN
87029858
Library Thing
3974796
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1782167

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