| Series |
New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index. |
| Summary |
"This book analyses the role that storytelling plays in providing fictional women with "honest enjoyment" in Boccaccio's Decameron. As three men join the women in their search for entertainment through storytelling, challenges to their virtue inside and outside the narration enable subversive readings of Boccaccio's world and culture" -- provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Galeotto : a prologue by way of the proem -- Contested interlude : the plague -- Pampinea's "Honorable" leadership in the Decameron -- Sicurano de Finale and Paganino da Mare : of corsairs, merchants, and identity in the late middle ages -- Giletta of Narbonne : chastity and matrimony on the day of sexual excesses -- "Love and death" : male authority and the treat of violence under Filostrato's rule -- Fiammetta's revolution : honor, love, and marriage on Day V -- Conclusion. |
| Subject |
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone.
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Women in literature.
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Storytelling in literature.
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Virtue in literature.
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| ISBN |
9781137490551 (hardback) |
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1137490551 (hardback) |
| ISBN/ISSN |
40025045189 |
| Description |
xvi, 248 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Content type |
text |
| Media type |
unmediated |
| Carrier type |
volume |
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