Format:
XVI, 248 S.
ISBN:
9781137490551
Series Statement:
The new Middle Ages
Content:
"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" --
Content:
"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" --
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. Ferme, Valerio Women, Enjoyment, and the Defense of Virtue in Boccaccio's Decameron Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015 ISBN 9781137482815
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1137482818
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781137482815
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. Ferme, Valerio, 1961 - Women, enjoyment, and the defense of virtue in Boccaccio's Decameron New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015 ISBN 9781137482815
Language:
English
Keywords:
Boccaccio, Giovanni 1313-1375 Il Decamerone
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Boccaccio, Giovanni 1313-1375 Il Decamerone
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Frau
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Tugend