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The Ethical Dimension of the 'Decameron' /

With The Ethical Dimension of the "Decameron" Marilyn Migiel, author of A Rhetoric of the "Decameron" (winner of the MLA's 2004 Marraro Prize), returns to Giovanni Boccaccio's masterpiece, this time to focus on the dialogue about ethical choices that the Decameron creat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Migiel, Marilyn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Colección:Toronto Italian Studies
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Citations of the Decameron
  • Introduction: The Ethical Dimension of the Decameron
  • 1. Wanted: Translators of the Decameron's Moral and Ethical Complexities
  • 2. He Said, She Said, We Read: An Ethical Reflection on a Confluence of Voices
  • 3. Can the Lower Classes Be Wise? (For the Answer, See Your Translation of the Decameron)
  • 4. Some Restrictions Apply: Testing the Reader in Decameron 3.8
  • 5. Rushing to Judge? Read the Story of Tofano and Ghita (Decameron 7.4)
  • 6. New Lessons in Criticism and Blame from the Decameron
  • 7. He Ironizes, He Ironizes Not, He Ironizes
  • 8. To Conclude: A Conclusion That Is Not One
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index