‘Some big books are merely big; this one is monumental… This is a masterly contribution not only to Boccaccio scholarship but also to book history, translation studies, reception theory and the understanding of cultural relationships between English-speaking world and Italy. Essential. Graduate students, researchers, faculty.’
S. Botterill, Choice Magazine; vol 51:07:14
‘This beautifully produced, referenced and indexed volume covers an impressive range from the manuscript tradition to the popular book trade.’
Anne O'Connor, Translation Studies September 2014
‘Spanning seven centuries of editorial history, Armstrong’s volume offers an invaluable contribution to students and teachers of Boccaccio, whether Italianists or Anglists, as well as to cultural and print historians.’
Marina Della Putta Johnston, Modern Language Quarterly vol 110:01:2015
‘A monumental work that bridges synchronic and diachronic perspectives, manuscripts and print cultures, medieval and early modern studies, Italian studies, pre-modern and modern literary studies… I shall be hanging very close to my personal, unique, hard copy, as I know I will be coming back to it again and again.’
Warren Boutcher, Italian Studies vol69:03:2014
‘What emerges from this ambitious work, aside from admiration for Armstrong’s scholarship and translation skills is a new vision of Boccaccio’s relation to English literature.’
Paul Budra, University of Toronto Quarterly vol 84:03:2015
‘The English Boccaccio is a splendid example of what can be done with the biography of a text or, in this case, of a corpus of texts…. This book stands already as a model for future scholarship on the reception, remediation, and translation of medieval authors and texts.’
Yuri Cowan, SHARP News vol 25:01:2016
“A generous, generative, and magisterial contribution to book history, Boccaccio scholarship, and the long history of English taste; a book of long shelf life that rewards the closest scrutiny. Warmly recommended.”
David Wallace, Judith Rodin Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania