Table of Contents

Introduction         
David Lummus

1. The Tale of Madonna Oretta (VI.1)      
Teresa Kennedy

2. The Tale of Cisti the Baker (VI.2)       
Giulia Cardillo

3. The Tale of Nonna de’ Pulci (VI.3)      
Guyda Armstrong

4. The Tale of Chichibio and the Crane (VI.4)     
James C. Kriesel

5. The Tale of Forese da Rabatta and Giotto (VI.5)  
Zygmunt G. Barański

6. The Tale of Michele Scalza (VI.6)    
Peter Carravetta

7. The Tale of Madonna Filippa (VI.7)     
Bernardo Piciché

8. The Tale of Cesca and the Mirror (VI.8)  
Aileen A. Feng

9. The Tale of Cavalcanti’s Leap (VI.9) 
Maria Lettiero (translated by Nicole Gounalis)

10. The Tale of Frate Cipolla (VI.10) 
Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin

Bibliography 

Contributors

About the Author

David Lummus is co-director of the Center for Italian Studies and the Devers Family Program in Dante Studies and a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Notre Dame.

Reviews

"An excellent contribution to the Lectura Boccaccii project and to Boccaccio studies as a whole." - Alyssa Falcone, Loyola University Maryland (Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies)