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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Citations of the Decameron xiii
5. Introduction: A Rhetoric of the Decameron (and why women should read it) 1
6. 1. Woman as Witness 17
7. 2. Fiammetta v. Dioneo 29
8. 3. Boccaccio’s Sexed Thought 64
9. 4. To Transvest Not to Transgress 83
10. 5. Women’s Witty Words: Restrictions on Their Use 109
11. 6. Men, Women, and Figurative Language in the Decameron 123
12. 7. Domestic Violence in the Decameron 147
13. Conclusion 160
14. Notes 167
15. Works Cited 203
16. Index 213