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.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 853/.1
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781442670457 0802088198
- LCCN
- PQ4287
- LCCN Item number
- M54 2003eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (219 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00600999 (OCoLC)244768862 (CaOOCEL)418477
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- Note on Citations of the Decameron 14
- Introduction: A Rhetoric of the Decameron (and why women should read it) 18
- 1 Woman as Witness 32
- 2 Fiammetta v. Dioneo 44
- 3 Boccaccio's Sexed Thought 79
- 4 To Transvest Not to Transgress 98
- 5 Women's Witty Words: Restrictions on Their Use 124
- 6 Men, Women, and Figurative Language in the Decameron 138
- 7 Domestic Violence in the Decameron 162
- Conclusion 175
- Notes 182
- Works Cited 218
- Index 228
- A 228
- B 228
- C 231
- D 232
- E 232
- F 232
- G 232
- H 232
- I 232
- J 232
- K 232
- L 232
- M 232
- N 233
- O 233
- P 233
- R 233
- S 233
- T 234
- V 234
- W 234
- Z 234
