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Collected letters of a Renaissance feminist /

Renaissance writer Laura Cereta (1469-1499) presents feminist issues in a predominantly male venue-the humanist autobiography in the form of personal letters. Cereta's works circulated widely in Italy during the early modern era, but her complete letters have never before been published in Engl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cereta, Laura, 1469-1499
Otros Autores: Robin, Diana Maury
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Latín
Publicado: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, ©1997.
Colección:Other voice in early modern Europe.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Renaissance writer Laura Cereta (1469-1499) presents feminist issues in a predominantly male venue-the humanist autobiography in the form of personal letters. Cereta's works circulated widely in Italy during the early modern era, but her complete letters have never before been published in English. In her public lectures and essays, Cereta explores the history of women's contributions to the intellectual and political life of Europe. She argues against the slavery of women in marriage and for the rights of women to higher education, the same issues that have occupied feminist thinkers of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxv, 216 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index.
ISBN:0226721582
9780226721583
1281125393
9781281125392
9786611125394
6611125396