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Lelia's Kiss : Imagining Gender, Sex, and Marriage in Italian Renaissance Comedy
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- Summary
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Lelia's Kiss analyzes gender roles, sexuality, and marriage in the Italian Renaissance through the lens of a large number of comedies from the period, ranging well beyond the traditional canon.
Details
- Creator
- Laura Giannetti
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
- ©2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- text file PDF
- ISBNs
- 9781442697539, 1442697539
- OCLC
- on1013954768
- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Lelia's Kiss and Renaissance Comedy -- 1. Women in Men's Clothing: Female Cross- Dressing Plays and the Construction of Feminine Identity -- 2. Woman with Woman: 'Ma che potrà succedermi se io donna amo una Donna?' -- 3. Men in Women's Clothing: Male Cross- Dressing Plays and the Construction of Masculine Identity -- 4. Pedants, Candlemakers, and Boys: Sodomy and Comedy -- 5. The Playing of Matrimony -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index