Lelia's Kiss : Imagining Gender, Sex, and Marriage in Italian Renaissance Comedy.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Giannetti, Laura
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014.
Series:	Toronto Italian studies.
Subjects:	To 1700 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. Femininity in literature Gender identity in literature Italian drama Italian drama (Comedy) Marriage in literature Masculinity in literature Sex in literature Sex role in literature Theater Italy Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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Table of Contents:

Intro
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
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Lelia's Kiss : Imagining Gender, Sex, and Marriage in Italian Renaissance Comedy.

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