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Giovanni Boccaccio is one of the most influential writers in the Western tradition, yet his first literary work, "Diana's Hunt," has never been translated into English, and the Italian text has long been out of print. Anthony Cassell and Victoria Kirkham redeem Boccaccio's early effort in this dual-language edition, with an extensive introduction and commentary, that goes far beyond assuring its accessibility. The plot of "Diana's Hunt" is simple enough: the narrator observes the goddess Diana convening a band of Neapolitan court ladies to hunt in a wood. After slaying an impressive number of beasts, the huntresses are incited to rebellion against Diana by the fairest of their number. They i...
A selection of poems by Fulvio Caccia who won the Governor General's Award for poetry in 1994 for the original French entitled Aknos.
Contains nearly 1000 pages of precise and accessible information on all musical subjects.
Il signor Sampson, direttore di una compagnia di assicurazioni, sospetta che un certo Julius Slinkton, che una mattina si presenta nel suo ufficio, non sia esattamente come appare. Il signor Slinkton curiosamente appare nuovamente nella vita di Sampson, due giorni dopo a una festa e mesi dopo nel suo appartamento. Un crimine mostruoso sta per essere commesso, eppure non tutto è come sembra.
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