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File Format | PDF
File Size | 1.13 MB
Pages | 525
Language | English
Category | Literature
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Description: The first
original chivalric poem written by an Italian woman, Floridoro imbues a strong
feminist ethos into a hypermasculine genre.
Dotted with the
usual characteristics—dark forests, illusory palaces, enchanted islands,
seductive sorceresses—Floridoro is the story of the two greatest knights of a
bygone age: the handsome Floridoro, who risks everything for love, and the
beautiful Risamante, who helps women in distress while on a quest for her
inheritance.
Throughout,
Moderata Fonte (1555–92) vehemently defends women’s capacity to rival male
prowess in traditionally male-dominated spheres. And her open criticism of
women’s lack of education is echoed in the plights of various female characters
who must depend on unreliable men.
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Floridoro: A Chivalric Romance
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