{"product_id":"italian-renaissance-tales-9780198794967","title":"Italian Renaissance Tales","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e'Thus she was decapitated, and this was the end to which she was brought by her unbridled lusts.'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor over two centuries after Boccaccio's groundbreaking \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e, the Italian novella exercised a crucial influence over European prose fiction. With thirty-nine stories by nineteen authors, many translated for the first time, this anthology presents tales from the whole genre and period. Here we meet a rich cast of humble peasants and shrewd craftsmen, frustrated wives, libidinous friars, ill-fated lovers, and vengeful nobles. These works had a considerable impact in English, and the selection includes tales that have provided sources for Chaucer, Shakespeare, Webster, Marston, Dryden, Byron and Keats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe typical \u003cem\u003enovella\u003c\/em\u003e is situated in a precise time and place and features people who either existed historically or are presumed to have done so. The subject-matter, whether ribald or sentimental, comic or tragic, often reflects the social and economic conditions of its age and thus the \u003cem\u003enovella\u003c\/em\u003e has been seen as a crucial stage in the development of fictional realism and the emergence of the novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Mortimer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford World's Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198794967","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710435365001,"sku":"9780198794967","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_00bfb2d2-e74c-4f8f-a233-51ed1d552be1.jpg?v=1719535074","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/italian-renaissance-tales-9780198794967","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}