The worth of women : wherein is clearly revealed their nobility and their superiority to men /

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"Written in dialogue form, the work purportedly records a conversation among seven Venetian noblewomen of widely varying age and experience, whose discussions, though lossely unified around the theme of men's unjustifiable hostility to women and possible cures for it, range over almost eve...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fonte, Moderata, 1555-1592
Other Authors: Cox, Virginia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Italiano
Published: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, ©1997.
Series:Other voice in early modern Europe.
Subjects:
1450-1600
Women > Early works to 1800.
Women > Social conditions > Early works to 1800.
Women > History > Renaissance, 1450-1600.
Femmes > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Femmes > Conditions sociales > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Femmes > Histoire > 1450-1600 (Renaissance)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Women
Women > Renaissance
Women > Social conditions
Frau
Vrouwen.
Sekseverschillen.
Early works
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Moderata Fonte and "The Worth of Women"
  • Introduction
  • Life and Early Works
  • Structure and Arguments
  • The Question of Unity
  • "The Worth of Women" and Renaissance Literary Tradition
  • Fortunes and Influence
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Key to Abbreviations
  • Note on the Text
  • A Note on Fonte's Sources
  • The Worth of Women
  • Dedicatory Letter
  • Life of Moderata Fonte
  • First Day
  • Second Day
  • Appendix
  • The Theme of Women's Equality with Men in Moderata Fonte's "Floridoro."

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