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A Rhetoric of the Decameron.

Migiel challenges readers to pay attention to Boccaccio's language and ultimately, Migiel contends, the stories of the Decameron suggest that as women become more empowered, the limitations on them, including the threat of violence, become more insistent.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Migiel, Marilyn
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2003.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Toronto Italian studies.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Citations of the Decameron
  • Introduction: A Rhetoric of the Decameron (and why women should read it)
  • 1 Woman as Witness
  • 2 Fiammetta v. Dioneo
  • 3 Boccaccio's Sexed Thought
  • 4 To Transvest Not to Transgress
  • 5 Women's Witty Words: Restrictions on Their Use
  • 6 Men, Women, and Figurative Language in the Decameron
  • 7 Domestic Violence in the Decameron
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W
  • Z.