1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458082803321

Autore

Cereta Laura <1469-1499.>

Titolo

Collected letters of a Renaissance feminist [[electronic resource] /] / transcribed, translated, and edited by Diana Robin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1997

ISBN

0-226-72158-2

1-281-12539-3

9786611125394

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Other voice in early modern Europe

Altri autori (Persone)

RobinDiana Maury

Disciplina

001.3/092

B

Soggetti

Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern) - Italy

Women - Italy - History - Renaissance, 1450-1600

Humanists - Italy

Feminists - Italy

Electronic books.

Italy Intellectual life 1268-1559 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from Latin.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-209) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction to the Series -- Acknowledgments -- Translator: Introduction -- ONE. Autobiography -- TWO. Women and Society -- THREE. Marriage and Mourning -- FOUR. Woman to Woman -- FIVE. The Public Lectures -- SIX. Dialogue on the Death of an Ass -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 later centuries. Yet these letters also furnish a detailed portrait of an early modern woman's private



experience, for Cereta addressed many letters to a close circle of family and friends, discussing highly personal concerns such as her difficult relationships with her mother and her husband. Taken together, these letters are a testament both to an individual woman and to enduring feminist concerns.