{"product_id":"9781487505752","title":"Jacopo Caviceo's Peregrino","description":"Author: Sherry Roush\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781487505752\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 06 Apr 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 496\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis unabridged, annotated English translation of Jacopo Caviceo's\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeregrino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e brings this popular Italian Renaissance romance to English readers for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacopo Caviceo's \u003ci\u003ePeregrino\u003c\/i\u003e (1508) was a popular Renaissance prose romance in Italy, France, and Spain. Considered the first novel written for women, \u003ci\u003ePeregrino\u003c\/i\u003e relates the courtship of two young lovers from hostile households who succeed in doing what Romeo and Juliet, among others, could not: reconcile their families and marry without resorting to suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeregrino\u003c\/i\u003e features cameos of historical celebrities who interact with fictitious characters during their many adventures, which include a Mediterranean pilgrimage, courtly celebrations, funerals, legal trials, and a journey to the Other World. The book presents female agency in psychologically developed characters and contexts and includes allusions to previous literary masterpieces, such as Homer's epics, Virgil's \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e, and Dante's \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes a detailed introduction and a biography of Jacopo Caviceo. Drawing on critical and comparative studies in a broad range of literary interests, the book sheds light on the emergence of the modern novel in the early modern period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46819980902558,"sku":"ADS-9781487505752","price":204.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781487505752.jpg?v=1778467697","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781487505752","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}