Hopeless love : Boiardo, Ariosto, and narratives of queer female desire /

Hopeless love : Boiardo, Ariosto, and narratives of queer female desire /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	DeCoste, Mary-Michelle.
Imprint:	Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2009 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010)
Description:	1 online resource (x, 165 pages).
Language:	English Italian
Series:	Toronto Italian studies Toronto Italian studies.
Subject:	Boiardo, Matteo Maria, -- 1440 or 1441-1494 -- Criticism and interpretation. Ariosto, Lodovico, -- 1474-1533 -- Criticism and interpretation. Ariosto, Lodovico, -- 1474-1533. Boiardo, Matteo Maria, -- 1440 or 1441-1494. Lesbianism in literature. Desire in literature. Cross-dressing in literature. Italian literature -- History and criticism. Desire in literature. Italian literature. Lesbianism in literature. Cross-dressing in literature. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11280039

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ISBN:	9781442697447 144269744X 0802096840 9780802096845 9780802096845
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-159) and index. Includes some text in Italian.
Summary:	Hopeless Love uncovers the diffusion of queer female desire in Italian literature and promotes a better understanding of sexuality in medieval and Renaissance Europe.
Other form:	Print version: 9780802096845

Table of Contents:

Warrior Woman / Lovely Lady
To Disguise and Deceive
Stopping without Ending
Concluding the Tale
Queer Female Desire in Cinquecento Comedy.