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Writing gender in women's letter collections of the Italian Renaissance /

Ray's study includes extensive new archival research and highlights a widespread interest in women's letter collections during the Italian Renaissance that suggests a deep curiosity about the female experience and a surprising openness to women's participation in this kind of literary...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ray, Meredith K., 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2009
Colección:Toronto Italian studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Women's vernacular letters in context
  • Female impersonations: Ortensio Lando's Lettere di molte valorose donne
  • 'A gloria del sesso feminile': The Lettere of Lucrezia Gonzaga as exemplary narrative
  • The courtesan's voice: Veronica Franco's Lettere familiari
  • Between stage and page: the letters of Isabella Andreini
  • The pen for the sword: Arcangela Tarabotti's Lettere familiari e di complimento.