When originally published in 1995, the volume represented a major,
new departure from the "normal" sort of scholarship on Boccaccio's
masterpiece, and its unique approach and contents are still valid
and valuable today. The seventeen original essays in the volume
focus on providing a comprehensive view of the Decameron through
the analysis of particular aspects, particular problem areas in the
reading and interpretation of the work. Each essay offers a
critical window on a defined topic (indicated by the headwords),
and, when taken together, these individual essays intersect with,
supplement, and reinforce one another, thus emphasizing the
harmonious nature of the work as a whole and the importance of
examining it through a variety of lenses. The newness of the volume
also consists in its introduction of innovative exegetical
approaches and the identification of previously unidentified
sources and influences. While not providing an orderly reading of
the Decameron as a more traditional series of day-by-day lecturae
would do, the essays examine multiple novelle from various Days and
from differing perspectives so as to provide an assemblage of
comprehensive views on the text. For the English-language edition
two new items have been added: an update to Vittore Branca's essay
on the history of the text of the Decameron and a bibliographical
overview of North-American studies on the Decameron and, more
generally, on Boccaccio's life, works and influence.
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