Dido’s Defense: Joachim Du Bellay’s Bid for Female Patronage
Article | অংশগ্রহণকারী(রা): Beth Landers
This article argues that French poet Joachim Du Bellay’s interest in the Dido figure and his unusual ventriloquizing of female characters are connected to his practice of cultivating female patrons. Du Bellay’s occasional poems, long ignored by scholars, suggest the impact that these patrons had...