• Medieval LOLs: Boccaccio’s ‘Decameron’, Part Two

  • Oct 18 2024
  • Length: 15 mins
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Medieval LOLs: Boccaccio’s ‘Decameron’, Part Two

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  • Mary and Irina resume their discussion of Boccaccio’s Decameron, focusing on three stories of female agency, deception and desire. Alibech, an aspiring hermitess, is tricked into indulging her powerful sexual urges; Petronella combines business and pleasure at the expense of her husband and lover; while Lydia demonstrates her devotion by killing hawks and pulling teeth. As Mary and Irina discuss, these stories exemplify the ambiguous depiction of women in the Decameron, where the world is powered by rapacious female lusts, sex has no consequences and conventional morality is suspended.


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