Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: Gender and the Politics of Reading Virgil; 1. Dux Femina Facti: Virgil's Dido in the Historical Context; 2. Dido as Libido: From Augustine to Dante; 3. Dido in Courtly Romance and the Structures of History; 4. Sely Dido and the Chaucerian Gaze; 5. Dido's Double Wound in Caxton's Eneydos and Gavin Douglas's Eneados; 6. Christine de Pizan's Feminist Self-Fashioning and the Invention of Dido; Epilogue: On Reading Dido; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.
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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 series of countertraditions that support feminist, anti-homophobic, and postcolonial interpretive gestures.
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Title
Reading Dido.
International Standard Book Number
9780816622467
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Virgil., Aeneis.
Virgile, Aeneis.
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Aeneis (Virgil)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Dido (Legendary character) in literature.
English literature-- Middle English, 1100-1500-- History and criticism.
English literature-- Roman influences.
French literature-- To 1500-- History and criticism.
Literature, Medieval-- History and criticism.
Literature, Medieval-- Roman influences.
Queens in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Carthage (Ville ancienne) dans la littérature.
Didon (Personnage légendaire) dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise-- 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais)
Littérature anglaise-- Influence romaine.
Littérature française-- Avant 1500-- Histoire et critique.