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02493aam a22004334a 4500 001 177020B0AED411E1BB28B5CE6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120605010202 008 110923s2012 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2011037016 020 $a 0823240371 (hardcover) 020 $a 9780823240371 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)755213232 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d IG# $d CDX $d BWX $d BDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PQ4572.A3 $b S76 2012 082 00 $a 851/.3 $2 23 084 $a SOC032000 $a LIT004200 $a SOC032000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Stoppino, Eleonora. 245 1 $a Genealogies of fiction : $b women warriors and the dynastic imagination in the Orlando furioso / $c Eleonora Stoppino. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Fordham University Press, $c 2012. 300 $a xii, 268 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "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"-- Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Ariosto, Lodovico, $d 1474-1533. $t Orlando furioso. 600 10 $a Ariosto, Lodovico, $d 1474-1533 $x Women. $x Women. 600 10 $a Ariosto, Lodovico, $d 1474-1533. $t Orlando furioso $x Sources. 650 0 $a Women in literature. 650 0 $a Amazons in literature. 650 0 $a Sex role in literature. 650 0 $a Genealogy in literature. 650 0 $a Intertextuality. 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171229024246.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=177020B0AED411E1BB28B5CE6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search