{"product_id":"9781442625761","title":"The Ethical Dimension of the 'Decameron'","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eThe Ethical Dimension of the “Decameron”\u003c\/em\u003e Marilyn Migiel, author of \u003cem\u003eA Rhetoric of the “Decameron”\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the MLA’s 2004 Marraro Prize), returns to Giovanni Boccaccio’s masterpiece, this time to focus on the dialogue about ethical choices that the \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e creates with us and that we, as individuals and as groups, create with the \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaintaining that we can examine this dialogue to gain insights into our values, our biases and our decision-making processes, Migiel offers a view of the \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e as sticky and thorny. According to Migiel, the \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e catches us as we move through it, obligating us to reveal ourselves, inviting us to reflect on how we form our assessments, and calling upon us to be mindful of our responsibility to judge patiently and carefully. Migiel’s focus remains unabashedly on the experience of readers, on the meanings they find in the \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e, and on the ideological assumptions they have about the way that a literary text such as the \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e works. She offers that, rather than thinking about the \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e as “teaching” readers, we should think about it “testing” them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout, Migiel engages in the masterful in-depth rhetorical analyses, delivered in lively and readable prose, that are her trademark. Whether she is examining the Italian of the \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e, translations of the Italian into English, commentaries by scholars, newspaper articles, or student essays, she asks us always to maintain an ethical engagement with the words of others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140172234992,"sku":"9781442625761","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442625761_p0.jpg?v=1763809709","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442625761","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}