Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Note on Decameron Citations ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Love, Latinity, and Aging in the Introduction to Day Four 10
7. “A questa tanto picciola vigilia de’ vostri sensi”: Senile Recidivism, Incest, and Egotism in Decameron IV.1 22
8. Incarnation in Venice (IV.2) 45
9. The Tale of the Three Ill-Starred Sisters (IV.3) 59
10. Love, Heroism, and Masculinity in the Tale of Gerbino (IV.4) 73
11. The Tale of Lisabetta da Messina (IV.5) 86
12. The Dream of the Shadow (IV.6) 107
13. Spinning Yarns in Decameron IV.7 124
14. Girolamo’s Wicked Mother and the Setback of Reason in Taming Lovesickness (IV.8) 145
15. How the vida of Guilhem de Cabestanh “quasi tutta si disfece” (IV.9) 157
16. Happy Endings (IV.10) 181
17. Bibliography 197
18. Contributors 213
19. Index 217