Reading Dido
Subtitle: gender, textuality, and the medieval Aeneid
By: Marilynn Desmond.
Series: Medieval cultures ;; v. 8
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Minnepolis, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Virgil.; English literature -- Roman influences.; English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.; French literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism.; Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.; Dido (Legendary character) in literature.; Literature, Medieval -- Roman influences.; Sex role in literature.; Queens in literature.; Carthage (Extinct city) -- In literature.
Description: Marilynn Desmond recovers an alternative Virgil from historical tradition and provides a new model for reading the Aeneid. Following the figure of Dido as she emerges from ancient historical and literary texts and circulates in medieval textual cultures, Reading Dido offers the modern reader a series of countertraditions that support feminist, anti-homophobic, and postcolonial interpretive gestures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-288) and index.