LEADER 04408nam 2200805 450 001 9910780529203321 005 20230912154651.0 010 $a0-8020-8594-6 010 $a1-281-99473-1 010 $a9786611994730 010 $a1-4426-7045-2 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442670457 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001906 035 $a(EBL)4671152 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000308430 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11264235 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308430 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10260735 035 $a(PQKB)11726775 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600999 035 $a(DE-B1597)464143 035 $a(OCoLC)1002265928 035 $a(OCoLC)1004882960 035 $a(OCoLC)1011452703 035 $a(OCoLC)1013963077 035 $a(OCoLC)944178568 035 $a(OCoLC)999365971 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442670457 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671152 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256877 035 $a(OCoLC)958558574 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/c07cdp 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/6/418477 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671152 035 $a(OCoLC)244768862 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_104381 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3258025 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001906 100 $a20160922h20032003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA rhetoric of the Decameron /$fMarilyn Migiel 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aToronto, [Canada] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2003. 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource (234 p.) 225 0 $aToronto Italian Studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-4214-7 311 $a0-8020-8819-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""R""""s""; ""t""; ""v""; ""w""; ""z"" 330 $aBoth a passionate denunciation of masculinist readings of the Decameron and a meticulous critique of previous feminist analyses, Marilyn Migiel's A Rhetoric of the Decameron offers a sophisticated re-examination of the representations of women, men, gender identity, sexuality, love, hate, morality, and truth in Boccaccio's masterpiece. The Decameron stages an ongoing, dynamic, and spirited debate about issues as urgent now as in the fourteenth century ? a debate that can only be understood if the Decameron's rhetorical objectives and strategies are completely reconceived.Addressing herself equally to those who argue for a proto-feminist Boccaccio ? a quasi-liberal champion of women's autonomy ? and to those who argue for a positivistically secure historical Boccaccio who could not possibly anticipate the concerns of the twenty-first century, Migiel challenges readers to pay attention to Boccaccio's language, to his pronouns, his passives, his echolalia, his patterns of repetition, and his figurative language. She argues that human experience, particularly in the sexual realm, is articulated differently by the Decameron's male and female narrators, and refutes the notion that the Decameron offers an undifferentiated celebration of Eros. Ultimately, Migiel contends, the stories of the Decameron suggest that as women become more empowered, the limitations on them, including the threat of violence, become more insistent. 410 0$aToronto Italian studies 606 $aWomen in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen in literature. 676 $a853/.1 700 $aMigiel$b Marilyn$f1954-$01463741 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780529203321 996 $aA rhetoric of the Decameron$93673128 997 $aUNINA