Women, Enjoyment, and the Defense of Virtue in Boccaccio’s Decameron [electronic resource] /
Ferme, V.author.
Providing new ways of reading Boccaccio's masterpiece, Decameron , Ferme analyzes the dynamics between the women who rule the first half of the story. Peeling back the many narrative layers within and outside of the framework, this book unearths the complications and trickery surrounding gender and death in Boccaccio's world and culture.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Providing new ways of reading Boccaccio's masterpiece, Decameron , Ferme analyzes the dynamics between the women who rule the first half of the story. Peeling back the many narrative layers within and outside of the framework, this book unearths the complications and trickery surrounding gender and death in Boccaccio's world and culture.
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.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Literature, Medieval.
Sociology.
European literature.
Literature—History and criticism.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Medieval Literature.
Gender Studies.
European Literature.
Literary History.