 | Renaissance Comic Tales of Love, Treachery and Revenge Subjects: 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; Novelle; This collection of 16 tales by the master story tellers of the Italian Renaissance resonates with Italian folklore, popular culture, and the often earthy humor that formed the basis of Renaissance notions of paradox and irony and later found their way into Italian opera and the plays of Shakespeare. Authors include Matteo Bandello, Gentile Sermini, Antonfrancesco Grazzini, Masuccio Salernitano, Giovanni Gherardi, and Lorenzo de' Medici. First English edition, illustrated, introduction, glossary, and bibliography. |
