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© 2016 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Content VII
  3. Preface IX
  4. Acknowledgments XIII
  5. Part I. The Rhetoric of Selection and Response
  6. Chapter 1: Configurations of Discourse 1
  7. Chapter 2: Pleasure and Response 29
  8. Part II. The Rhetoric of Beginnings
  9. Chapter 3: Realism and the Needs of the Story 43
  10. Part III. Rhetoric and Imagination
  11. Chapter 4: The Poetics of Realization 57
  12. Chapter 5: Rhetoric and Narration in the Story of Zima 89
  13. Afterword 113
  14. Appendix: Horror of Incest and Seduction of Literature in Boccaccio’s Decameron 115
  15. Notes 129
  16. Works Consulted 141
  17. Index 153
  18. Backmatter 157
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Content VII
  3. Preface IX
  4. Acknowledgments XIII
  5. Part I. The Rhetoric of Selection and Response
  6. Chapter 1: Configurations of Discourse 1
  7. Chapter 2: Pleasure and Response 29
  8. Part II. The Rhetoric of Beginnings
  9. Chapter 3: Realism and the Needs of the Story 43
  10. Part III. Rhetoric and Imagination
  11. Chapter 4: The Poetics of Realization 57
  12. Chapter 5: Rhetoric and Narration in the Story of Zima 89
  13. Afterword 113
  14. Appendix: Horror of Incest and Seduction of Literature in Boccaccio’s Decameron 115
  15. Notes 129
  16. Works Consulted 141
  17. Index 153
  18. Backmatter 157
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