Women, enjoyment, and the defense of virtue in Boccaccio's Decameron. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Valerio Ferme.
• Authors: Ferme, Valerio, 1961-
• Contents: Introduction; 1. Galeotto: A Prologue by way of the <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Proem ; 2. Contested Interlude: The Plague; 3. Pampinea 's 'Honest' Leadership in the <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Decameron ; 4. Sicurano da Finale and Paganino da Mare: Of Corsairs, Merchants and Identity in the Late Middle Ages; 5. Giletta of Narbonne: Chastity and Matrimony on the Day of Sexual Excesses; 6. 'Love and Death': Male Authority and the Threat of Violence under Filostrato's Rule; 7. Fiammetta's Revolution: Honor, Love and Marriage in Day V; Conclusion
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 853.1; Women in literature; Storytelling in literature; Virtue in literature; Medieval; Feminist; Literature: history & criticism; Literary studies: general
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137482754; 1137482753
• Related ISBNs: 9781137490551
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.