Description
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Notes on Citations of the Decameron
Introduction
1. The All-Encompassing Discourse: Topoi of the Poet, Women, and Critics
2. The Brigata’s Overarching Tale: Rewriting the Christian Middle Ages
3. The Decameron’s Ballads and Emilia’s Song: “I have such desire for my own beauty” (“Io son sì vaga della mia bellezza.” Dec. 1)
4. Pampínea’s “What woman will sing if I myself do not?” (Qual donna canterà, s’i’non cant’io?” Dec. 2)
5. Lauretta’s “No woman without consolation” (Niuna sconsolata.” Dec. 3)
6. Filostrato’s Desperate Song: “Weeping, I show” (“Lagrimando dimostro.” Dec. 4)
7. Dioneo in Love’s Chains: The Erotic Storyteller vs. the Pathetic Lover
8. Love, War, and Servitude in Elissa’s (Dec. 6)
9. Filomena’s Unhappy Love: “Ah, my wretched life!” (“Deh lassa la mia vita!” Dec. 7)
10. Panfilo’s Erotic Song: “So great, O Love, is the good” (“Tanto è, Amore, il bene.” Dec. 8)
11. Neifile’s Distant Beloved: “A young girl am I” (“Io mi son giovinetta.” Dec. 9)
12. Making Amends and Behaving Magnificently: Dec. 10’s Secular Redemption
13. Fiammetta’s Desperate Ballad (Dec. 10): Concluding All Lyric Singing
14. The Decameron’s Precarious Centers, the Author’s Story, His Open-ended Conclusion
Appendix: The Narrator as Moral Commentator: Humor, Humorous Tales, and Humorous Storytellers
Works Cited & Bibliography
Index of Important Matters
Index of Names
