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Women, enjoyment, and the defense of virtue in Boccaccio's Decameron / Valerio Ferme.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ferme, Valerio, 1961- author.
- Series:
- New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
- The new Middle Ages
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone.
- Boccaccio, Giovanni.
- Women in literature.
- Storytelling in literature.
- Virtue in literature.
- Decamerone (Boccaccio, Giovanni).
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 248 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137490551
- 1137490551
- OCLC:
- 899113986
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