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Record Nr.

UNINA9911008982503321

Autore

Roush Sherry

Titolo

Jacopo Caviceo's Peregrino : Annotated English Edition and Translation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2023

©2023

ISBN

9781487532611

148753261X

9781487532604

1487532601

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (491 pages)

Collana

Toronto Italian Studies

Disciplina

853.3

Soggetti

Romances, Italian

Italian fiction

Italian fiction - 16th century

Romance fiction

Translations.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Jacopo Caviceo’s Peregrino (1508) -- Bibliography -- Peregrino Proem and Dedication -- Peregrino Book 1 -- Peregrino Book 2 -- Peregrino Book 3 -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Jacopo Caviceo’s Peregrino (1508) was a popular Renaissance prose romance in Italy, France, and Spain. Considered the first novel written for women, Peregrino relates the courtship of two young lovers from hostile households who succeed in doing what Romeo and Juliet, among others, could not: reconcile their families and marry without resorting to suicide. Peregrino features cameos of historical celebrities who interact with fictitious characters during their many adventures, which include a Mediterranean pilgrimage, courtly celebrations, funerals, legal trials, and a journey to the Other World. The book presents female agency in psychologically developed characters and



contexts and includes allusions to previous literary masterpieces, such as Homer’s epics, Vergil’s Aeneid, and Dante’s Divine Comedy. This edition includes a detailed introduction and a biography of Jacopo Caviceo. Drawing on critical and comparative studies in a broad range of literary interests, the book sheds light on the emergence of the modern novel in the early modern period."--