{"product_id":"urania-giulia-bigolina-9780226048789","title":"Urania: A Romance","description":"Presented for the first time in a critical English edition, \u003ci\u003eUrania: A Romance\u003c\/i\u003e provides modern readers with a rare glimpse into the novel and novella forms at a time when narrative genres were not only being invented but, in the hands of women like Giulia Bigolina (1518?-1569?), used as vehicles for literary experimentation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first known prose romance written by a woman in Italian, Bigolina's \u003ci\u003eUrania\u003c\/i\u003e centers on the monomaniacal love of a female character falling into melancholy when her beloved leaves her for a more beautiful woman. A tale that includes many of the conventions that would later become standards of the genre-cross-dressing, travel, epic skirmishes, and daring deeds-\u003ci\u003eUrania\u003c\/i\u003e also contains the earliest treatise on the worth of women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Also included in this volume, the novella \u003ci\u003eGiulia Camposampiero\u003c\/i\u003e is the only extant part of a probable longer narrative written in the style of the \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e. While employing some of those same gender and role reversals as \u003ci\u003eUrania\u003c\/i\u003e, including the privileging of heroic constancy in both men and women, it chronicles the tribulations that a couple undergoes until their secret marriage is publicly recognized.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Giulia Bigolina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226048780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226048789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.28w x 0.55d","brand":"Giulia Bigolina","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47135226691839,"sku":"9780226048789","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e11a700d-340e-411c-bbfa-969ed3f5c0c3.jpg?v=1755009511","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/urania-giulia-bigolina-9780226048789","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}