Genealogies of Fiction: Women Warriors and the Medieval Imagination in the "Orlando furioso"

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Genealogies of Fiction wom e n wa r r ior s a n d t h e dy n a s t ic i m agi n at ion i n t h e o r l a n d o f u r i o s o Eleonora Stoppino f o r d h a m u n i v e r si t y p r e s s New York 2 012 © 2012 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other— except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or thirdparty Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stoppino, Eleonora. Genealogies of fiction : women warriors and the dynastic imagination in the Orlando furioso / Eleonora Stoppino. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8232-4037-1 1. Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474–1533. Orlando furioso. 2. Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474–1533— Characters—Women. 3. Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474–1533. Orlando furioso—Sources. 4. Women in literature. 5. Amazons in literature. 6. Sex role in literature. 7. Genealogy in literature. 8. Intertextuality. I. Title. PQ4572.A3S76 2012 851'.3—dc23 2011037016 Printed in the United States of America 14 13 12 5 4 3 2 1 First edition this book is made possible by a collaborative grant from the andrew w. mellon foundation. per Manuel ...