| Maiden and Modest: A Renaissance Pastoral Romance Volume 8 Contributor(s): Ribeiro, Bernardim (Author), Rabassa, Gregory (Translator), Fitz, Earl E. (Other) |
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ISBN: 1933227370 ISBN-13: 9781933227375 Publisher: Tagus Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: 869.33 |
| LCCN: 2012001093 |
| Series: Adamastor |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 122 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Modern readers will be surprised by Ribeiro's complex treatment of love and longing in Maiden and Modest (1554), because his narrative of suffering and unhappy love is told from the perspective of female protagonists. Indeed, a strikingly feminist note infuses the entire narrative, which also contains both autobiographical aspects and traces of the Cabala and Zohar. A self-conscious narrative that explores issues of gender, identity, and sexuality, Maiden and Modest makes a significant contribution to the development of the European novel. This is an essential book for readers of sixteenth-century literature and scholars of European fiction, sixteenth-century European studies, Renaissance studies, comparative literature, Jewish studies, women's studies, and feminist fiction. |