{"product_id":"iphis-and-iante-a-play-based-on-ovids-metamorphoses-paperback","title":"Iphis and Iante: A Play Based on Ovid's Metamorphoses - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIsaac De Benserade\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarianne Legault\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRamine Adl\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lesbian romance from seventeenth-century France\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIphis and Iante are about to be married, but Iphis has a secret: when she was born, her mother disguised her as a boy in order to save her life. Although Iphis loves Iante passionately, Iphis's mother tries to prevent the marriage in order to conceal Iphis's real identity. The bachelor Ergaste has another reason for wanting to stop the marriage, since he, like Iante, is in love with Iphis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on a story from Ovid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e, Isaac de Benserade's 1634 play resolves happily with help from the gods. As the comedy unfolds, it entertains the audience through love triangles, dramatic ironies, and knowing comments about gender, drawing on familiar structures of French theatrical comedy to create a distinctly sympathetic portrayal of romantic love between women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1612 or 1613, the French \u003ci\u003eprécieux\u003c\/i\u003e poet Isaac de Benserade was also known by his contemporaries for his ballets that often featured King Louis XIV. For a time, Benserade became a successful playwright, composing a handful of tragedies and one comedy, \u003ci\u003eIphis and Iante\u003c\/i\u003e. He was admitted into the Académie Française in 1674 and died in 1691.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219978895609,"sku":"9781603296991","price":41.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TWFe3P7hqV9781603296991.webp?v=1768170688","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/iphis-and-iante-a-play-based-on-ovids-metamorphoses-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}