LEADER 04055nam 2200601 450 001 9910461693903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-2575-9 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442625754 035 $a(CKB)3710000000473863 035 $a(EBL)4180496 035 $a(OCoLC)940512708 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669244 035 $a(OOCEL)450584 035 $a(OCoLC)921143518 035 $a(CaBNVSL)thg00970047 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4180496 035 $a(DE-B1597)465836 035 $a(OCoLC)979781041 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442625754 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669244 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11255787 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000473863 100 $a20160914h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe ethical dimension of the Decameron /$fMarilyn Migiel 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 225 0 $aToronto Italian Studies 311 $a1-4426-3188-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNote on Citations of the Decameron -- $tIntroduction: The Ethical Dimension of the Decameron -- $t1. Wanted: Translators of the Decameron's Moral and Ethical Complexities -- $t2. He Said, She Said, We Read: An Ethical Reflection on a Confluence of Voices -- $t3. Can the Lower Classes Be Wise? (For the Answer, See Your Translation of the Decameron) -- $t4. Some Restrictions Apply: Testing the Reader in Decameron 3.8 -- $t5. Rushing to Judge? Read the Story of Tofano and Ghita (Decameron 7.4) -- $t6. New Lessons in Criticism and Blame from the Decameron -- $t7. He Ironizes, He Ironizes Not, He Ironizes -- $t8. To Conclude: A Conclusion That Is Not One -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aWith The Ethical Dimension of the "Decameron" Marilyn Migiel, author of A Rhetoric of the "Decameron" (winner of the MLA's 2004 Marraro Prize), returns to Giovanni Boccaccio's masterpiece, this time to focus on the dialogue about ethical choices that the Decameron creates with us and that we, as individuals and as groups, create with the Decameron.Maintaining that we can examine this dialogue to gain insights into our values, our biases and our decision-making processes, Migiel offers a view of the Decameron as sticky and thorny. According to Migiel, the Decameron catches us as we move through it, obligating us to reveal ourselves, inviting us to reflect on how we form our assessments, and calling upon us to be mindful of our responsibility to judge patiently and carefully. Migiel's focus remains unabashedly on the experience of readers, on the meanings they find in the Decameron, and on the ideological assumptions they have about the way that a literary text such as the Decameron works. She offers that, rather than thinking about the Decameron as "teaching" readers, we should think about it "testing" them.Throughout, Migiel engages in the masterful in-depth rhetorical analyses, delivered in lively and readable prose, that are her trademark. Whether she is examining the Italian of the Decameron, translations of the Italian into English, commentaries by scholars, newspaper articles, or student essays, she asks us always to maintain an ethical engagement with the words of others. 410 0$aToronto Italian studies. 606 $aEthics in literature 606 $aItalian literature$yTo 1400$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEthics in literature. 615 0$aItalian literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a853/.1 700 $aMigiel$b Marilyn$f1954-$0997810 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461693903321 996 $aThe ethical dimension of the Decameron$92288421 997 $aUNINA