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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811466803321

Autore

Ross Sarah Gwyneth <1975->

Titolo

The birth of feminism : woman as intellect in Renaissance Italy and England / / Sarah Gwyneth Ross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-674-26685-4

0-674-05453-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Disciplina

305.42/09/42

Soggetti

Feminism - Italy - History

Feminism - England - History

Women and literature - Italy - History

Women and literature - England - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Her father's daughter -- Household academies in Venice and London -- The biographical tradition -- Models of feminist argument -- Learned wives and mothers in italy -- Collaborative marriages in Britain -- Discourses of equality and rights -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Ross demonstrates how the expanding ranks of learned women in the Renaissance era presented the first significant challenge to the traditional definition of "woman" in the West. The Birth of Feminism demonstrates that because of their education, these women laid the foundation for the emancipation of womankind.