Author: Christopher Nissen
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442643404
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
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Giulia Bigolina's (ca. 1516-ca. 1569) Urania (ca. 1552) is the oldest known prose romance to have been written by an Italian woman. In Kissing the Wild Woman, Christopher Nissen explores the unique aesthetic vision and innovative narrative features of Bigolina's greatest surviving work, in which she fashioned a new type of narrative that combined elements of the romance and the novella and included a polemical treatise on the moral implications of portraiture and the role of women in the arts. Demonstrating that Bigolina challenged cultural authority by rejecting the prevailing views of both painting and literature, Nissen discusses Bigolina's suggestion that painting constituted an ineffectual, even immoral mode of self-promotion for women in relation to the views of the contemporary writer Pietro Aretino and the painter Titian. Kissing the Wild Woman's analysis of this little-known work adds a new dimension to the study of Renaissance aesthetics in relation to art history, Renaissance thought, women's studies, and Italian literature.
Author: Giulia Bigolina
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226048789
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Presented for the first time in a critical English edition, Urania: A Romance provides modern readers with a rare glimpse into the novel and novella forms at a time when narrative genres were not only being invented but, in the hands of women like Giulia Bigolina (1518?-1569?), used as vehicles for literary experimentation. The first known prose romance written by a woman in Italian, Bigolina's Urania centers on the monomaniacal love of a female character falling into melancholy when her beloved leaves her for a more beautiful woman. A tale that includes many of the conventions that would later become standards of the genre—cross-dressing, travel, epic skirmishes, and daring deeds—Urania also contains the earliest treatise on the worth of women. Also included in this volume, the novella Giulia Camposampiero is the only extant part of a probable longer narrative written in the style of the Decameron. While employing some of those same gender and role reversals as Urania, including the privileging of heroic constancy in both men and women, it chronicles the tribulations that a couple undergoes until their secret marriage is publicly recognized.
Author: Jillian Dodd
Publisher: Swoonworthy Books
ISBN: 1946793663
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 483
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It’s the last week of my exchange in London, and my flight leaves on Saturday. Harry wants our relationship to progress, but his family life is falling apart. And shocking news from his parents might send him over the edge. Noah is becoming more reckless with both his words and his actions. Between longing glances, sweet conversations and heated moments, I don’t know where we stand. And Mohammad tells me that I have some important decisions to make. The countdown is on, and only two things are certain. I’m going to have to leave the three boys I’ve grown to love. And by the end of the week, I’m not sure if any of them will ever forgive me. It’s a good thing my time at Kensington is almost up.
Author: Di Meiliuguang
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647811996
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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He was a very, very tall man, as beautiful as Apollo. Behind him was a yellow palace, I had heard from my grandfather since I was young that this was true, and he could not explain where it came from. During the Japanese invasion of China, during the war, a fortune-teller gave him to protect himself.
Author: Lexy Timms
Publisher: W.J. May
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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We all need somewhere where we feel safe… Katherine Marshall was on her way to being free from her abusive husband, Tim Marshall. With the divorce papers signed, she can finally get on with her life. That is until she finds out her husband is suing her boyfriend, Ben O'Leary. Katherine knows Tim will never stop going after the people she loves. She decides it's time to run. She has to protect Ben. When she happens across Tim's new girlfriend, she is given a chance to turn the tables on the man who's made it his life's mission to ruin her life. Karma can be a real b*tch sometimes. You & Me - A Bad Boy Romance Book 1 – Just Me Book 2 – Touch Me Book 3 – Kiss Me SEARCH TERMS: billionaire romance, melody anne billionaire bachelors series, free kindle romance, romance billionaire series, contemporary romance and sex, billionaire obsession, new adult romance, romance love triangle, romance love, sweet love story, happily ever after, fake girlfriend, hired wife, sport romance, hot and steamy, sexy, motorcycle club romance, romantic suspense, motorcycle romance, reapers motorcycle club series, Romantic Action & Adventure, bad boy obsession, billionaire, Alpha male romance
Author: Emma Restall Orr
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1780999704
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 323
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Kissing the Hag by Emma Restall Orr is based upon the old tale of The Marriage of Sir Gawain, and carries us from girlish innocence through to the nauseating horror of the hag - the raw side, the dark side, the inside of a woman's.
Author: Marjorie M. Liu
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110118888X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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View our feature on Marjorie Liu’s A Wild Light.For too long Maxine Kiss has felt an inexplicable darkness inside her-a force she channels into hunting the demons bent on destroying the human race. But when she finds herself covered in blood and crouched beside her grandfather's dead body with no memory of what happened, Maxine begins to fear that the darkness has finally consumed her.
Author: Heidi Rice
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369707842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
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USA TODAY bestselling author Heidi Rice delights with this scandalous workplace romance… The prince will go to the ball… …if she’ll be his Cinderella? Exiled Prince Dane must return to the palace he loathes for an international tour. But he’d rather escape to the desert than do his royal duty, much to the dismay of his by-the-book diplomatic aide, Jamilla. Discovering her boss naked in a desert oasis doesn’t help innocent Jamilla’s already speeding pulse! Neither does Dane’s declaration that he’ll only attend an important ball with her as his date. Ignoring protocol for once feels amazing, until their stolen moment of freedom becomes a sizzling scandal… From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.
Author: Carol Marinelli
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369707877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 758
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Harlequin Presents brings you four full-length stories in one collection! Experience the glamorous lives of royals and billionaires, where passion knows no bounds. Be swept into a world of luxury, wealth and exotic locations. This box set includes: THE SICILIAN’S DEFIANT MAID (A Scandalous Sicilian Cinderellas novel) by USA TODAY bestselling author Carol Marinelli When Dante’s woken in his hotel room by chambermaid Alicia, he’s suspicious. The cynical billionaire’s sure she wants something... Only the raw sensuality he had to walk away from ten years ago is still there between them…and feisty Alicia’s still as captivating! CLAIMING HIS BABY AT THE ALTAR by Michelle Smart After their passionate encounter nine months ago, notorious billionaire Alejandro shut Flora out, believing she’d betrayed him. But, discovering she’s pregnant, he demands they marry – immediately! And within minutes of exchanging vows, Flora shockingly goes into labor! BANISHED PRINCE TO DESERT BOSS by USA TODAY bestselling author Heidi Rice Exiled prince Dane’s declaration that he’ll only attend an important royal ball with her as his date sends by-the-book diplomatic aide Jamilla’s pulse skyrocketing. Ignoring protocol for once feels amazing, until their stolen moment of freedom becomes a sizzling scandal… ONE NIGHT WITH HER FORGOTTEN HUSBAND by USA TODAY bestselling author Annie West Washed up on a private Italian beach, all Ally can remember is her name. The man who saved her is a mystery, although brooding Angelo insists they were once married! And one incredible night reveals an undeniable attraction… For more stories filled with passion and drama, look for Harlequin Presents May 2022 Box Set – 2 of 2
Author: Jodi Thomas
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101219211
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Two tortured souls find a second chance at happiness in this compelling western historical romance in New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas’ McLain series. Wes McLain returned from the civil war with little money, and less hope. He had given up on love. Until he saw her...Allie, the blue-eyed girl who had been called a savage, a wild soul—and was prisoner of what seemed to be a horrible fate. But when Wes looked into her eyes, he wanted only to free her, and to take her with him on a journey through the frontiers of Texas. But Allie has been brutally mistreated for years, and is now too afraid to even speak. Wes will have to heal her and it will take more than good intentions or a few moonlight kisses to win her trust. And when Allie’s finally ready to speak again, she will tell Wes more than he ever imagined.
