Women, Enjoyment, and the Defense of Virtue in Boccaccio’s Decameron
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jun 04, 2015
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781137490551
Description: "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" --
Notes: Source title: Women, Enjoyment, and the Defense of Virtue in Boccaccio’s Decameron (The New Middle Ages)