Name: Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron: Interpretations in Rhyme
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Author: Ron Larson
ISBN: 9781502343246

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Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron: Interpretations in Rhyme

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ron Larson

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

116

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm

Weight

0.16 kg.

ISBN13

9781502343246

Synopsis "Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron: Interpretations in Rhyme"

"The Decameron" is surely one of the greatest achievements in the history of literature. At least three of Shakespeare's plays were directly influenced by stories in "The Decameron." This classic is read, discussed and appreciated in the university classroom but not so much anywhere else. Mark Twain once remarked that "a classic is book that people praise but don't read." Twain is suggesting that such books are often too long and thus perhaps too boring for the average reader. Not counting the introductory notes, "The Decameron" has nearly 800 pages. My book is for the average reader. It has just a little over 100 pages, and I have adapted and interpreted each of Boccaccio's stories in rhyme from eight to twenty lines with the hope that it will add to the appeal of the average reader, and that he will therefore be encouraged to read the entire work. Boccaccio did not title his tales, so I took the liberty of doing so. My source was "Giovanni Boccaccio's "The Decameron," A Signet Classic, trans. Peter Bondanella & Mark Musa, New York, 1982.

Ron Larson

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Ronald “Ron” Edwin Larson (nacido el 31 de octubre de 1941 en Fort Lewis, Washington) es matemático, profesor universitario y autor de textos educativos estadounidenses. Se graduó con un Ph.D. en Topología por la Universidad de Colorado en 1970 y ha sido profesor de matemáticas en Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, desde esa fecha. A lo largo de su carrera ha desarrollado materiales para distintos niveles educativos, desde enseñanza media hasta cursos universitarios avanzados, incluyendo cálculo diferencial y álgebra, con un estilo pedagógico claro y accesible.

Entre sus obras más conocidas está Cálculo (junto con Bruce H. Edwards), en sus múltiples ediciones; Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions; Precalculus: Real Mathematics, Real People; Geometry; entre otros títulos ampliamente usados por estudiantes en todo el mundo. Ha sido reconocido con varios premios de asociaciones de autores de libros de texto, como galardones por excelencia en libros de texto (“Textbook Excellence Award”), premios por longevidad de sus publicaciones (“McGuffey Longevity Award”) y distinciones de diseño e innovación en materiales educativos.

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