Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-305) and index.
Contents:
The Masquerade of Manhood: The Paradox of the Castrato. The Useless Genitor: Fantasies of Putrefaction and Nongenealogical Births -- The Masquerade of Paternity: Cuckoldry and Baby M[ale] in Machiavelli's La mandragola -- Performing Maternity: Female Imagination, Paternal Erasure, and Monstrous Birth in Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata -- The Masquerade of Masculinity: Erotomania in Ariosto's Orlando furioso -- Androgynous Doubling and Hermaphroditic Anxieties: Bibbiena's La calandria -- The Masquerade of Manhood: The Paradox of the Castrato.
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