A Rhetoric of the Decameron /

A Rhetoric of the Decameron / / Marilyn Migiel.

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Both a passionate denunciation of masculinist readings of the Decameron and a meticulous critique of previous feminist analyses, Marilyn Migiel's A Rhetoric of the Decameron offers a sophisticated re-examination of the representations of women, men, gender identity, sexuality, love, hate, moral...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
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Migiel, Marilyn,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2003
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Toronto Italian Studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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

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