03494nam 2200769Ia 450 991045737510332120200520144314.00-8166-8504-5(CKB)1000000000347189(EBL)310297(OCoLC)476093659(SSID)ssj0000232985(PQKBManifestationID)11187972(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000232985(PQKBWorkID)10220680(PQKB)11075235(MiAaPQ)EBC310297(OCoLC)122891327(MdBmJHUP)muse39724(Au-PeEL)EBL310297(CaPaEBR)ebr10159399(CaONFJC)MIL523344(EXLCZ)99100000000034718919940217d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReading Dido[electronic resource] gender, textuality, and the medieval Aeneid /Marilynn DesmondMinnepolis University of Minnesota Pressc19941 online resource (314 p.)Medieval cultures ;v. 8Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-2247-7 0-8166-2246-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-288) and index.Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: Gender and the Politics of Reading Virgil; 1. Dux Femina Facti: Virgil's Dido in the Historical Context; 2. Dido as Libido: From Augustine to Dante; 3. Dido in Courtly Romance and the Structures of History; 4. Sely Dido and the Chaucerian Gaze; 5. Dido's Double Wound in Caxton's Eneydos and Gavin Douglas's Eneados; 6. Christine de Pizan's Feminist Self-Fashioning and the Invention of Dido; Epilogue: On Reading Dido; Notes; Select Bibliography; IndexMarilynn Desmond recovers an alternative Virgil from historical tradition and provides a new model for reading the Aeneid. Following the figure of Dido as she emerges from ancient historical and literary texts and circulates in medieval textual cultures, Reading Dido offers the modern reader a series of countertraditions that support feminist, anti-homophobic, and postcolonial interpretive gestures.Medieval cultures ;v. 8.English literatureRoman influencesEnglish literatureMiddle English, 1100-1500History and criticismFrench literatureTo 1500History and criticismLiterature, MedievalHistory and criticismDido (Legendary character) in literatureLiterature, MedievalRoman influencesSex role in literatureQueens in literatureCarthage (Extinct city)In literatureElectronic books.English literatureRoman influences.English literatureHistory and criticism.French literatureHistory and criticism.Literature, MedievalHistory and criticism.Dido (Legendary character) in literature.Literature, MedievalRoman influences.Sex role in literature.Queens in literature.809/.93351Desmond Marilynn1952-979742MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457375103321Reading Dido2234401UNINA