{"product_id":"hopeless-love-mary-michelle-decoste-9780802096845","title":"Hopeless Love: Boiardo, Ariosto, and Narratives of Queer Female Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003eBook three of the Italian poet Matteo Maria Boiardo's epic poem \u003cem\u003eOrlando\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e innamorato\u003c\/em\u003e (Orlando in Love) was published posthumously in 1494; in 1532, the poet Ludovico Ariosto published his final version of a sequel, \u003cem\u003eOrlando\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e furioso\u003c\/em\u003e (The Frenzy of Orlando). At the end of his poem, Boiardo tells the tale of the princess Fiordispina's unfulfilled desire for the maiden warrior Bradamante, a story that Ariosto retells in the body of his later work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003cem\u003eHopeless Love\u003c\/em\u003e, Mary-Michelle DeCoste examines both versions of the Fiordispina and Bradamante episode using feminist and queer theory. DeCoste then links these treatments of queer female desire to their wider cultural contexts by exploring their antecedents in genres such as medieval romance epic and hagiography and by examining similar tropes in other sixteenth-century romance epics. An important work on a previously overlooked subject, \u003cem\u003eHopeless Love\u003c\/em\u003e uncovers the diffusion of queer female desire in Italian literature and promotes a better understanding of sexuality in medieval and Renaissance Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary-Michelle DeCoste\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802096840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802096845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.40w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/06\/2009 pg. 22","brand":"Mary-Michelle DeCoste","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48807871447295,"sku":"9780802096845","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hopeless-love-mary-michelle-decoste-9780802096845","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}