Abandoned women : rewriting the classics in Dante, Boccaccio, & Chaucer / Suzanne C. Hagedorn.
| Author/creator | Hagedorn, Suzanne C., 1968- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2004. |
| Description | ix, 220 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Abandoned Women and Medieval Tradition -- Ovid's Heroides and the Latin Middle Ages -- Statius's Achilleid and Dante's Canto of Ulysses: fraud, rhetoric, and abandoned women -- Boccaccio's Teseo, Chaucer's Theseus: duplicity and desire -- Abandoned women and the dynamics of reader response: Boccaccio's Amorosa, Visione, and Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta -- Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde: re-gendering abandonment -- Chaucer's Heroides: The legend of good women -- Afterword: The metamorphoses of Ovid's heroines -- Appendix: "Deidamia Achilli," ed. Stohlmann. |
| General note | Based on the author's dissertation (Cornell University). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003011962 |
| ISBN | 0472113496 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN682.W6 H34 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |