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UNINA9910458090303321 |
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Fonte Moderata <1555-1592.> |
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Floridoro [[electronic resource] ] : a chivalric romance / / Moderata Fonte (Modesta Pozzo) ; edited with an introduction by Valeria Finucci ; translated by Julia Kisacky ; annotated by Valeria Finucci and Julia Kisacky |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-12562-8 |
9786611125622 |
0-226-25679-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (525 p.) |
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Collana |
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The other voice in early modern Europe |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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FinucciValeria |
KisackyJulia <1965-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Romances, Italian - 16th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Translated from the Italian. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- THE OTHER VOICE IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE: INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES -- MODERATA FONTE AND THE GENRE OF WOMEN'S CHIVALRIC ROMANCES -- VOLUME EDITOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NOTE ON TRANSLATION -- FLORIDORO: A CHIVALRIC ROMANCE -- APPENDIX -- SERIES EDITORS' BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The first original chivalric poem written by an Italian woman, Floridoro imbues a strong feminist ethos into a hypermasculine genre. Dotted with the usual characteristics-dark forests, illusory palaces, enchanted islands, seductive sorceresses-Floridoro is the story of the two greatest knights of a bygone age: the handsome Floridoro, who risks everything for love, and the beautiful Risamante, who helps women in distress while on a quest for her inheritance. Throughout, Moderata Fonte (1555-92) vehemently defends women's capacity to rival male prowess in traditionally male-dominated spheres. And her open criticism of women's lack of education is echoed in the plights of various female characters who must depend on unreliable men. First published in |
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