Reading Dido : Gender, Textuality, and the Medieval Aeneid

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Marilynn Desmond recovers an alternative Virgil from historical tradition and provides a new model for reading the Aeneid. Following the figure of Dido as she emerges from ancient historical and literary texts and circulates in medieval textual cultures, Reading Dido offers the modern reader a serie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Desmond, Marilynn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1994.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Virgil. > Aeneis.
Aeneis (Virgil)
Sex role in literature.
Queens in literature.
Literature, Medieval > Roman influences.
Literature, Medieval.
Literature.
French literature.
English literature > Roman influences.
English literature > Middle English.
Dido (Legendary character) in literature.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la litterature.
Litterature medievale > Histoire et critique.
Litterature française > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Litterature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
French literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Tunisia > Carthage (Extinct city)
Carthage (Ville ancienne) > Dans la litterature.
Carthage (Extinct city) > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Marilynn Desmond recovers an alternative Virgil from historical tradition and provides a new model for reading the Aeneid. Following the figure of Dido as she emerges from ancient historical and literary texts and circulates in medieval textual cultures, Reading Dido offers the modern reader a series of countertraditions that support feminist, anti-homophobic, and postcolonial interpretive gestures.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (318 pages).
ISBN:9780816685042

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