Floridoro: A Chivalric Romance

by Moderata Fonte

Book Overview

The first original chivalric poem written by an Italian woman, Floridoro imbues a strong feminist ethos into a hypermasculine genre. Dotted with the usual characteristics--dark forests, illusory palaces, enchanted islands, seductive sorceresses--Floridoro is the story of the two greatest knights of a bygone age: the handsome Floridoro, who risks everything for love, and the beautiful Risamante, who helps women in distress while on a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226256782
• ISBN13: 9780226256788
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 8.9"