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Lelia's kiss : imagining gender, sex, and marriage in Italian Renaissance comedy

Title
Lelia's kiss : imagining gender, sex, and marriage in Italian Renaissance comedy / Laura Giannetti.
Author
Giannetti, Laura.
Publication
Toronto : Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2009.

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Book/TextUse in library JFE 10-2508Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description
xi, 333 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Toronto Italian studies
Uniform Title
Toronto Italian studies.
Subject
  • Italian drama (Comedy) > History and criticism
  • Italian drama > To 1700 > History and criticism
  • Sex role in literature
  • Gender identity in literature
  • Sex in literature
  • Marriage in literature
  • Masculinity in literature
  • Femininity in literature
  • Theater > Italy > History
  • Comédie italienne > Histoire et critique
  • Théâtre italien > Avant 1700 > Histoire et critique
  • Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature
  • Identité sexuelle dans la littérature
  • Sexualité dans la littérature
  • Mariage dans la littérature
  • Masculinité dans la littérature
  • Féminité dans la littérature
  • Théâtre > Italie > Histoire
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [282]-304) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Lelia's kiss and Renaissance comedy -- Women in men's clothing : female cross-dressing plays and the construction of feminine identity -- Woman with woman : 'ma che potrà succedermi se io donna amo una donna?' -- Men in women's clothing : male cross-dressing plays and the construction of masculine identity -- Pedants, candlemakers, and boys : sodomy and comedy -- The playing of matrimony.
Call Number
JFE 10-2508
ISBN
  • 9780802099518
  • 0802099513
OCLC
428868529
Author
Giannetti, Laura.
Title
Lelia's kiss : imagining gender, sex, and marriage in Italian Renaissance comedy / Laura Giannetti.
Imprint
Toronto : Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2009.
Series
Toronto Italian studies
Toronto Italian studies.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [282]-304) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 10-2508
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