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Boccaccio and Feminist Criticism, ed. Thomas C. Stillinger and E Regina Psaki, Annali d'Italianistica: Studi e testi 8 (Chapel Hill, NC: Annali d'Italianistica, 2006), 273 pp. ISBN 0-9657956-7-5. $25.00.

Boccaccio's writing is famously ambiguous regarding its treatment of women. As a result, critics have repeatedly tried to determine whether Boccaccio was a misogynist or a feminist, without arriving at a consensus. Acknowledging this debate, but without taking a firm position, this volume of fifteen articles provides refreshing and careful insights that nuance the field of ...

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