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A Rhetoric of the Decameron.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Toronto Italian StudiesPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (234 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442670457
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Rhetoric of the DecameronDDC classification:
  • 853
LOC classification:
  • PQ4293.W65 M54 2003
Online resources:
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.
Summary: Migiel challenges readers to pay attention to Boccaccio's language and ultimately, Migiel contends, the stories of the Decameronsuggest that as women become more empowered, the limitations on them, including the threat of violence, become more insistent.
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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.

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

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