{"product_id":"iphis-et-iante-isaac-de-benserade-9781603296977","title":"Iphis Et Iante: Une Com?die Bas?e Sur Les M?tamorphoses d'Ovide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lesbian romance from seventeenth-century France\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIphis and Iante are about to be married, but Iphis has a secret: when she was born, her mother disguised her as a boy in order to save her life. Although Iphis loves Iante passionately, Iphis's mother tries to prevent the marriage in order to conceal Iphis's real identity. The bachelor Ergaste has another reason for wanting to stop the marriage, since he, like Iante, is in love with Iphis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on a story from Ovid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e, Isaac de Benserade's 1634 play resolves happily with help from the gods. As the comedy unfolds, it entertains the audience through love triangles, dramatic ironies, and knowing comments about gender, drawing on familiar structures of French theatrical comedy to create a distinctly sympathetic portrayal of romantic love between women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isaac De Benserade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1603296972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603296977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Language Association of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Isaac De Benserade","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46767407628543,"sku":"9781603296977","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_29af549f-6cde-4c71-b7ec-6117df3a1137.jpg?v=1744169726","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/iphis-et-iante-isaac-de-benserade-9781603296977","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}