This Norton Critical Edition includes - Fifty-five judiciously chosen stories from Wayne A. Rebhorn's translation ofThe Decameron. - Introductory materials and explanatory footnotes by Wayne A. Rebhorn, along with three maps - Biographical works by Filippo Villani and Ludovico Dolce along with literary studies by Francesco Petrarca, Andreas Capellanus, and Boccaccio - Eleven critical essays, including those by Giuseppe Mazzotta, Millicent Marcus, Teodolinda Barolini, Susanne L. Wofford, Luciano Rossi, and Richard Kuhns - A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography.