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The Patient Griselda Myth : Looking at Late Medieval and Early Modern European Literature /

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The Patient Griselda myth tells the story of a marquis who is reluctant to get married, but, under pressure from his subjects, agrees to take a wife and chooses a poor young country girl for her virtues. Once married, he doubts his wife's per-fection and therefore tests her for more than ten ye...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rüegg, Madeline (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]
Subjects:
Literature (General)
Literature & literary studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Italian.
Early Modern Literature.
Griselda.
Literary Myth.
Querelle des femmes.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Griselda-From ambiguous fictive character to the embodiment of various ideals
  • Part II: The socio-political implications of social exogamy
  • Part III: The state-as-household metaphor and tyranny in the patient Griselda myth, between political criticism and literary convention as propaganda
  • Conclusion
  • Work Cited
  • Index