An anthology of Italian tales covering the period roughly from 1370 to 1630, during which the novella was the dominant form of prose fiction.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- A Note on the Text and Acknowledgements
- Select Bibliography
- Giovanni Boccaccio
- Proem
- The Conversion of Abraham
- Alibech and Rustico
- Tancredi and Ghismonda
- The Pot of Basil
- Madonna Filippa's Defence
- Peronella and the Jar
- Patient Griselda
- Ser Giovanni Fiorentino
- Giannetto and the Lady of Belmont
- Franco Sacchetti
- Piero Brandani's Son
- A Sermon on Usury
- Giovanni Gherardi da Prato
- The Tale of Catellina
- Gentile Sermini
- Anselmo Salimbeni and Angelica Montanini
- Antonio Manetti
- The Fat Woodworker
- Masuccio Salernitano
- Saint Griffin's Drawers
- The Castilian Student
- Sabbadino degli Arienti
- The Priest and the Friar
- Niccolò Machiavelli
- A Fable
- Giovan Francesco Straparola
- Fortunio
- Margherita Spolatina
- Luigi da Porto
- The Story of Two Noble Lovers
- Giovanni Brevio
- Madonna Lisabetta
- Matteo Bandello
- The Countess of Challant
- Giulia of Gazzuolo
- Timbreo and Fenicia
- The Duchess of Amalfi
- Niccolò d'Este
- Anton Francesco Grazzini
- Introduction
- Fazio the Goldsmith
- Lazzero and Gabriello
- Pietro Fortini
- Antonio Angelini
- Cristoforo Armeno
- The Metamorphoses of an Emperor
- Giovambattista Giraldi Cinzio
- The Moorish Captain
- Nigella and the Doctor
- Iuriste and Epitia
- Giambattista Basile
- Cinderella
- Sun, Moon, and Talia
- Francesco Pona
- Armilla
- Lindori
- Explanatory Notes
- Notes on the Authors
