Gender and Genealogy in Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata

aggression ambiguity Antioch appears Armida armor Arsete assume attempt attention authority battle become beginning body Boemondo Book brings calls camp Canto character Christian claim Clorinda critical Crusaders death described desire difference discussion dream epic episode Erminia example eyes father figure finally forces further gaze gender genealogy Gerusalemme Liberata given gives Goffredo hand identity ideological interpretation Jerusalem later letter look magic Magus male means mother narrative narrator nature never Nicea non-Christian object offers once origins poem poet poetic position presented provides question reader reading recalls recognize relation remains Renaissance responsible reveal Rinaldo role romance seems Sofronia speak story Studies suggests Sveno symbolic takes Tancredi Tasso Tasso's poem tell translation tree turn University Press vision warrior woman women wounded writing