Hopeless love : Boiardo, Ariosto, and narratives of queer female desire

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Hopeless Love uncovers the diffusion of queer female desire in Italian literature and promotes a better understanding of sexuality in medieval and Renaissance Europe.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author:	DeCoste, Mary-Michelle
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English Italian
Published:	Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2009
Series:	Toronto Italian studies.
Subjects:	Boiardo, Matteo Maria, > 1440 or 1441-1494 > Criticism and interpretation. Ariosto, Lodovico, > 1474-1533 > Criticism and interpretation. Lesbianism in literature. Desire in literature. Cross-dressing in literature. Italian literature > History and criticism.
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

Warrior Woman / Lovely Lady
To Disguise and Deceive
Stopping without Ending
Concluding the Tale
Queer Female Desire in Cinquecento Comedy.