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.