The Decameron First Day in Perspective.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Decameron Proem -- The Place of the Title (Decameron, Day One, Introduction) -- The Stories -- The Tale of Ser Ciappelletto (I.1) -- The Tale of Abraham the Jew (I.2) -- The Tale of the Three Rings (I.3) -- The Tale of the Monk and His Abbot (I.4) -- The Tale of the Marchioness of Monferrato (I.5) -- The Tale of the Inquisitor (I.6) -- The Tale of Bergamino (I.7) -- The Tale of Guiglielmo Borsiere (I.8) -- The Tale of the King of Cyprus and the Lady of Gascony (I.9) -- The Tale of Maestro Alberto (I.10) -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

This inaugural book in a new series of critical essays on the Decameronwill provide an important guide to reading the complex series of narratives that constitute the opening of the Decameronand will serve as a guide to reading the entire work.

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