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    Genealogies of fiction : women warriors and the dynastic imagination in the Orlando furioso (2012)
    New York : Fordham Univ. Pr.
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    Format: XII, 268 S. , Ill. , 24 cm
    Edition: 1. ed.
    ISBN: 0823240371 , 9780823240371
    Content: "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"--
    Content: "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"--
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Language: English
    Keywords: Ariosto, Ludovico 1474-1533 Orlando furioso ; Amazone ; Geschlechterrolle ; Intertextualität
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    Genealogies of Fiction : Women Warriors and the Medieval Imagination in the Orlando Furioso (2011)
    Bronx : Fordham University Press
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    Format: Online-Ressource (280 p)
    ISBN: 9780823240371
    Content: Intro -- Genealogies of Fiction -- Introduction -- Marriage by Duel -- disappearing women: sons who are maidens -- marriage by duel: bradiamonte and atalanta -- pregnant warriors: galiziella -- variations on a theme: boiardo, cieco da ferrara, and marco polo -- converting princesses and shrinking giantesses: the Inamoramento de carlo magno -- An Amazonian Past -- amazonian times -- wayward men and fearsome women: the foundation of alessandria -- exceptions to the state: amazons and the law -- marfisa's rule and bradamante's exception: amazons and female warriors between boiardo and ariosto -- The Paradox of Helen -- astolfo -- lidia -- the ungrateful woman in the -- fathers, daughters, kingdoms -- the victim of war and the victim of love -- the woman as " nonresponsible cause" and dynastic foundation: lidia and bradamante -- The Poem as a Prophecy -- the gender shift: bradamante and the dynastic prophecy -- bradamante, the interpreter -- the poem as a prophecy -- " di che merito son io?" prophecy and female genealogy -- merlin revised: melissa from betrayal to gift -- melissa -- and the gendering of the prophecy -- the traffic in women and the gift of prophecy -- exogamy, hypergamy, and the politics of marriage -- the rhetoric of exogamy -- conflicting genealogies -- positional subjects: bradamante at the rocca di tristano -- manipulating customs -- the prophetic frescoes: history becomes negotiation -- Mixed Genealogies.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , ""Genealogies of Fiction""; ""Introduction""; ""Marriage by Duel""; ""disappearing women: sons who are maidens""; ""marriage by duel: bradiamonte and atalanta""; ""pregnant warriors: galiziella""; ""variations on a theme: boiardo, cieco da ferrara, and marco polo""; ""converting princesses and shrinking giantesses: the Inamoramento de carlo magno ""; ""An Amazonian Past""; ""amazonian times""; ""wayward men and fearsome women: the foundation of alessandria""; ""exceptions to the state: amazons and the law"" , ""marfisa�s rule and bradamante�s exception: amazons and female warriors between boiardo and ariosto""""The Paradox of Helen""; ""astolfo""; ""lidia""; ""the ungrateful woman in the""; ""fathers, daughters, kingdoms""; ""the victim of war and the victim of love""; ""the woman as “ nonresponsible cause� and dynastic foundation: lidia and bradamante""; ""The Poem as a Prophecy""; ""the gender shift: bradamante and the dynastic prophecy""; ""bradamante, the interpreter""; ""the poem as a prophecy""; ""“ di che merito son io?� prophecy and female genealogy"" , ""merlin revised: melissa from betrayal to gift""""melissa""; ""and the gendering of the prophecy""; ""the traffic in women and the gift of prophecy""; ""exogamy, hypergamy, and the politics of marriage""; ""the rhetoric of exogamy""; ""conflicting genealogies""; ""positional subjects: bradamante at the rocca di tristano""; ""manipulating customs""; ""the prophetic frescoes: history becomes negotiation""; ""Mixed Genealogies""
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780823249381
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780823240371
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Genealogies of Fiction : Women Warriors and the Medieval Imagination in the ""Orlando Furioso
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
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    URL: Volltext
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    Genealogies of fiction : women warriors and the dynastic imagination in the Orlando furioso (2012)
    New York :Fordham University Press,
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    almahu_9948322572302882
    Format: xii, 268 p. : , ill.
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Edition: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books.
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    Genealogies of fiction : women warriors and the dynastic imagination in the Orlando furioso (2012)
    New York : Fordham University Press
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    UID:
    gbv_1003696430
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 268 pages) , illustrations
    Edition: 1st ed
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    ISBN: 0823249387 , 0823240371 , 082324041X , 9780823249381 , 9780823240371 , 9780823240418
    Content: "This book is a study of gender, dynastic politics, and intertextuality in medieval and renaissance chivalric epic, focusing on Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso (1516-1532). Relying on the direct study of manuscripts and incunabula, it 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, it 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."--Publisher's abstract
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Introduction -- Marriage by Duel: Genealogies of the Warrior Woman -- An Amazonian Past: Female Rule and the Threat of Illegitimacy -- The Paradox of Helen: Genealogies and Textual Hierarchies in Orlando furioso, Canto XXXIV -- The Poem as a Prophecy: Gendered Gifts in the Orlando furioso -- Externi Thalami: The Orlando furioso as a Nuptial Epic -- Conclusion: Mixed Genealogies.
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Stoppino, Eleonora Genealogies of fiction New York : Fordham University Press, 2012
    Language: English
    URL: Volltext
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