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

DeCoste, Mary-Michelle.

Hopeless love : Boiardo, Ariosto, and narratives of queer female desire / Mary-Michelle DeCoste. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2009. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2010). - 1 online resource (x, 165 pages). - Toronto Italian studies .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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

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



9781442697447




Lesbianism in literature.
Desire in literature.
Cross-dressing in literature.
Italian literature--History and criticism.


Electronic Books.

PQ6046 / .H674 2009 PQ4066