Genealogies of Fiction: Women Warriors and the Dynastic Imagination in the 'Orlando Furioso'

by Eleonora Stoppino

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823240371
• ISBN13: 9780823240371
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Modern Language Initiative
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"