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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments viii
4. Note on Citations of the Decameron xi
5. Introduction: The Ethical Dimension of the Decameron 1
6. 1. Wanted: Translators of the Decameron’s Moral and Ethical Complexities 18
7. 2. He Said, She Said, We Read: An Ethical Reflection on a Confluence of Voices 29
8. 3. Can the Lower Classes Be Wise? (For the Answer, See Your Translation of the Decameron) 39
9. 4. Some Restrictions Apply: Testing the Reader in Decameron 3.8 54
10. 5. Rushing to Judge? Read the Story of Tofano and Ghita (Decameron 7.4) 72
11. 6. New Lessons in Criticism and Blame from the Decameron 95
12. 7. He Ironizes, He Ironizes Not, He Ironizes 119
13. 8. To Conclude: A Conclusion That Is Not One 139
14. Notes 161
15. Works Cited 184
16. Index 192