Decameron Ninth Day in Perspective

Simone Marchesi is a professor of French and Italian at Princeton University. Susanna Barsella is a professor of Italian at the Modern Languages and Literatures Department and the Center for Medieval Studies at Fordham University

• Preface Introduction to Day Nine: Emilia’s Rule of FreedomSusanna Barsella, Fordham University and Simone Marchesi, Princeton UniversityLove and Death in Pistoia: Decameron IX.1 between Poetry and HistoryDavid Lummus, University of Notre DameThe Priest’s Breeches: Decameron IX.2  Maria Pia Ellero, Università degli Studi della BasilicataEmpty Womb and Full Bellies in Decameron IX.3Federica Anichini, New York University in Florence The Tale of the Two Cecco’s: Decameron IX.4Patrizio Ceccagnoli, University of KansasArt, Nature, and Reality in Boccaccio’s Giotto: Decameron IX.5 Marcello Ciccuto, University of PisaThe Tale of Pinuccio and Niccolosa: Decameron IX.6Simona Lorenzini, Yale University The Tale of Margherita, a Self-Willed Wife: Decameron IX.7 Grace Delmolino, University of California-DavisA Metaphor Unveiled? Wine, Wrath, and the Bible in Decameron IX.8Johnny L. Bertolio, University of TorontoSolomon and Emilia, or the King and I: Decameron IX.9Albert Russel Ascoli, University of California, BerkeleyNatura contra naturam: Sins Against Nature in Decameron IX.10Max Matukhin, Princeton University  Bibliography Contributors Index