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Floridoro: A Chivalric Romance (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe)
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Paperback. Translator(s): Kisacky, Julia. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
The first original chivalric poem written by an Italian woman, Floridoro imbues a strong feminist ethos into a hypermasculine genre. Dotted with the usual characteristics—dark forests, illusory palaces, enchanted islands, seductive sorceresses—Floridoro is the story of the two greatest knights of a bygone age: the handsome Floridoro, who risks everything for love, and the beautiful Risamante, who helps women in distress while on a quest for her inheritance. Throughout, Moderata Fonte (1555–92) vehemently defends women’s capacity to rival male prowess in traditionally male-dominated spheres. And her open criticism of women’s lack of education is echoed in the plights of various female ... Read more
The first original chivalric poem written by an Italian woman, Floridoro imbues a strong feminist ethos into a hypermasculine genre. Dotted with the usual characteristics—dark forests, illusory palaces, enchanted islands, seductive sorceresses—Floridoro is the story of the two greatest knights of a bygone age: the handsome Floridoro, who risks everything for love, and the beautiful Risamante, who helps women in distress while on a quest for her inheritance. Throughout, Moderata Fonte (1555–92) vehemently defends women’s capacity to rival male prowess in traditionally male-dominated spheres. And her open criticism of women’s lack of education is echoed in the plights of various female ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Series
Other Voice in Early Modern Europe
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226256788
SKU
V9780226256788
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