Bradamante et Fleurdépine. L’amour impossible du Roland furieux (1532)
The Italian Renaissance epic Orlando Furioso (1532) by Ludovico Ariosto describes various illicit passions. One of them is the unfortunate love of Princess Fleurdépine for the woman warrior Bradamante. While male homosexual relations seem to be possible in the Ariostean epic, love between women is d...
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| description | The Italian Renaissance epic Orlando Furioso (1532) by Ludovico Ariosto describes various illicit passions. One of them is the unfortunate love of Princess Fleurdépine for the woman warrior Bradamante. While male homosexual relations seem to be possible in the Ariostean epic, love between women is described as non-existent. With the appearance of Ricciardetto, Bradamante’s brother, the plot changes unexpectedly. Ricciardetto pretends to be Bradamante, having had a sex-change thanks to a magic intervention. Nevertheless, the return to heteronormativity is not a successful one. Ricciardetto’s ruse besmirches his relationship with Fleurdépine and he is sentenced to death, once their secret love-affaire is revealed. The Ariostean epic describes lesbianism as a péché muet, a silent sin that has no right to exist. At the same time, the multiple facets of Bradamante’s, Ricciardetto’s, and Fleurdépine’s sex and gender give way to a second interpretation of this episode. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-30a941789d63432c973157c92264158e2025-01-09T13:06:54ZfraGenre, Sexualité et SociétéGenre, Sexualité et Société2104-37362009-12-01210.4000/gss.1273Bradamante et Fleurdépine. L’amour impossible du Roland furieux (1532)Valentina Irena DenzelThe Italian Renaissance epic Orlando Furioso (1532) by Ludovico Ariosto describes various illicit passions. One of them is the unfortunate love of Princess Fleurdépine for the woman warrior Bradamante. While male homosexual relations seem to be possible in the Ariostean epic, love between women is described as non-existent. With the appearance of Ricciardetto, Bradamante’s brother, the plot changes unexpectedly. Ricciardetto pretends to be Bradamante, having had a sex-change thanks to a magic intervention. Nevertheless, the return to heteronormativity is not a successful one. Ricciardetto’s ruse besmirches his relationship with Fleurdépine and he is sentenced to death, once their secret love-affaire is revealed. The Ariostean epic describes lesbianism as a péché muet, a silent sin that has no right to exist. At the same time, the multiple facets of Bradamante’s, Ricciardetto’s, and Fleurdépine’s sex and gender give way to a second interpretation of this episode.https://journals.openedition.org/gss/1273lesbianismrepresentationsepicItalian Renaissancesex change |
| spellingShingle | Valentina Irena Denzel Bradamante et Fleurdépine. L’amour impossible du Roland furieux (1532) Genre, Sexualité et Société lesbianism representations epic Italian Renaissance sex change |
| title | Bradamante et Fleurdépine. L’amour impossible du Roland furieux (1532) |
| title_full | Bradamante et Fleurdépine. L’amour impossible du Roland furieux (1532) |
| title_fullStr | Bradamante et Fleurdépine. L’amour impossible du Roland furieux (1532) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bradamante et Fleurdépine. L’amour impossible du Roland furieux (1532) |
| title_short | Bradamante et Fleurdépine. L’amour impossible du Roland furieux (1532) |
| title_sort | bradamante et fleurdepine l amour impossible du roland furieux 1532 |
| topic | lesbianism representations epic Italian Renaissance sex change |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/gss/1273 |
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