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Journal of Modern Italian Studies
RIVISTA DI STUDI ITALIANI
Anno XVII , n° 1, Giugno 1999 ( Contributi ) pag. 165-184

MODERATA FONTE'S TREDICI CANTI DEL FLORIDORO:
WOMEN IN A MAN'S GENRE
STEPHEN KOLSKY
University of Melbourne,
Melbourne, Australia
Moderata Fonte's Tredici canti del Floridoro, published in 1581, while not exactly escaping the notice of critics, has not received the attention that it deserves1. The sheer novelty of
a woman writing an epic in the style of Ariosto in the late sixteenth century and the originality of Fonte's incursion into a male-dominated genre has not generally been appreciated2.
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