Italian Renaissance Reader, The

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Summary: Excellent Introduction to Italian Literature
Review: This is a very good book to introduce students to prominent Italian Renaissance authors and their works. These particular selections cover a broad range of literary works that promote readers to want to further read more from these writers. For example, one could discover an interest in Boccaccio's "The Decameron" through reading a couple of the stories and that person may then want to also read the full translation by Mark Musa. This book acquaints readers to works where they may have once had no previous familiarity, yet after discovery, people can gain a love of these influential Renaissance thinkers.