LEADER 03494nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910457375103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-8504-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000347189 035 $a(EBL)310297 035 $a(OCoLC)476093659 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000232985 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187972 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000232985 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10220680 035 $a(PQKB)11075235 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC310297 035 $a(OCoLC)122891327 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39724 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL310297 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10159399 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL523344 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000347189 100 $a19940217d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReading Dido$b[electronic resource] $egender, textuality, and the medieval Aeneid /$fMarilynn Desmond 210 $aMinnepolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc1994 215 $a1 online resource (314 p.) 225 1 $aMedieval cultures ;$vv. 8 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-2247-7 311 $a0-8166-2246-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-288) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aMarilynn Desmond recovers an alternative Virgil from historical tradition and provides a new model for reading the Aeneid. Following the figure of Dido as she emerges from ancient historical and literary texts and circulates in medieval textual cultures, Reading Dido offers the modern reader a series of countertraditions that support feminist, anti-homophobic, and postcolonial interpretive gestures. 410 0$aMedieval cultures ;$vv. 8. 606 $aEnglish literature$xRoman influences 606 $aEnglish literature$yMiddle English, 1100-1500$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFrench literature$yTo 1500$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature, Medieval$xHistory and criticism 606 $aDido (Legendary character) in literature 606 $aLiterature, Medieval$xRoman influences 606 $aSex role in literature 606 $aQueens in literature 607 $aCarthage (Extinct city)$xIn literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xRoman influences. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFrench literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature, Medieval$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aDido (Legendary character) in literature. 615 0$aLiterature, Medieval$xRoman influences. 615 0$aSex role in literature. 615 0$aQueens in literature. 676 $a809/.93351 700 $aDesmond$b Marilynn$f1952-$0979742 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457375103321 996 $aReading Dido$92234401 997 $aUNINA