Decameron Fourth Day in Perspective

Michael Sherberg is a former president of the American Boccaccio Association, and erstwhile chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Washington University.

• PrefaceNote on Decameron Citations IntroductionMichael Sherberg Love, Latinity, and Aging in the Introduction to Day FourTimothy Kircher "A questa tanto picciola vigilia de’ vostri sensi": Senile Recidivism, Incest, and Egotism in Decameron IV.1Tobias Foster GittesIncarnation in Venice (IV.2)Alison Cornish The Tale of the Three Ill-Starred Sisters (IV.3)Michael Papio Love, Heroism, and Masculinity in the Tale of Gerbino (IV.4)Gur Zak The Tale of Lisabetta da Messina (IV.5)Kristina M. Olson The Dream of the Shadow (IV.6) F. Regina Psaki Spinning Yarns in Decameron IV.7Suzanne Magnanini Girolamo's Wicked Mother and the Setback of Reason in Taming Lovesickness (IV.8)Annelise Brody How the vida of Guilhem de Cabestanh "quasi tutta si disfece" (IV.9)Julie Singer Happy Endings (IV.10)Fabian AlfieBibliography ContributorsIndex

"In each of these eleven essays, the contributors offer significant innovations and are mindful to integrate the latest scholarly perspectives in their analysis. Traditional readings have […] been enriched and modernized, with special attention paid to questions of gender and the relation between spaces and plots, making this volume an innovative and essential tool for the study of the fourth day of the Decameron."- Nicola Esposito, PhD Candidate, University of Notre Dame (Annali d’italianistica) "Reading the book is absolutely recommended for scholars, college students, and all avid readers of the Decameron." - Teresa Nocita, Università degli Studi dell’Aquila (Speculum)