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Engendering the republic of letters : reconnecting public and private spheres in eighteenth-century Europe /

Being women provided them with a particular perspective, expressed first-hand through their letters. Dalton shows how Lespinasse, Roland, Renier Michiel, and Mosconi grappled with differences of ideology, social status, and community, often through networks that mixed personal and professional relat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dalton, Susan, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Elite Women in the Eighteenth Century
  • "The Most Excellent Men of the Century": Julie de Lespinasse and Friendship in the Republic of Letters
  • Marie-Jeanne Roland, Woman Patriot
  • "Forging News According to Everyone's Divergent Passions": Giustina Renier Michiel in Venice
  • Elisabetta Mosconi Contarini: Veronese Matriarch and Woman of Letters
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index