02842nam 2200649Ia 450 991078846220332120200520144314.00-8232-4041-X0-8232-4938-7(CKB)3240000000064888(SSID)ssj0000611933(PQKBManifestationID)11385302(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000611933(PQKBWorkID)10666454(PQKB)11145453(StDuBDS)EDZ0000084874(OCoLC)821725647(MdBmJHUP)muse16200(Au-PeEL)EBL3239611(CaPaEBR)ebr10539027(OCoLC)923763601(MiAaPQ)EBC3239611(EXLCZ)99324000000006488820110923d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrGenealogies of fiction[electronic resource] women warriors and the dynastic imagination in the Orlando furioso /Eleonora Stoppino1st ed.New York Fordham University Press20121 online resource (xii, 268 p.) illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8232-4037-1 Includes bibliographical references and index."Genealogies of Fiction is a study of gender, dynastic politics, and intertextuality in medieval and Renaissance chivalric epic, focused on Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso. Relying on the direct study of manuscripts and incunabula, this project challenges the fixed distinction between medieval and early modern texts and reclaims medieval popular epic as a key source for the Furioso. Tracing the formation of the character of the warrior woman, from the amazon to Bradamante, the book analyzes the process of gender construction in early modern Italy. By reading the tension between the representations of women as fighters, lovers, and mothers, this study shows how the warrior woman is a symbolic center for the construction of legitimacy in the complex web of fears and expectations of the Northern Italian Renaissance court"--Provided by publisher.Amazons in literatureGenealogy in literatureIntertextualitySex role in literatureWomen in literatureAmazons in literature.Genealogy in literature.Intertextuality.Sex role in literature.Women in literature.851/.3LIT011000LIT004200SOC032000bisacshStoppino Eleonora1201144MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788462203321Genealogies of fiction3841976UNINA