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Record Nr.

UNINA9910975031003321

Autore

Smarr Janet Levarie <1949->

Titolo

Joining the conversation : dialogues by Renaissance women / / Janet Levarie Smarr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2005

ISBN

9786612593932

9781282593930

1282593935

9780472025688

0472025686

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Disciplina

842/.2099287

Soggetti

Dialogue

Dialogue in literature

European literature - Women authors - History and criticism

European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - History and criticism

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 (p. 287-303) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dialogue &amp -- Spiritual Counsel -- 3. Dialogue &amp -- Social Conversation -- 4. Dialogue &amp -- Letter Writing -- 5. Dialogue &amp -- Drama -- 6. Many Voices -- 7. Cross-threads -- Notes -- Renaissance Dialogues -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The dialogue was a popular genre in Renaissance times and, occurring in both Latin and vernacular language, it enjoyed a wide appeal. Smarr's study examines dialogues written by Italian and French Renaissance women, such as Catherine D'Amboise, Marguerite de Navarre, Catherine des Roches and Luisa Sigea. She explores what prompted women to write these conversations and what they wanted to say through them. In particular, she discusses the different themes and types of dialogues, from social and perhaps playful conversations, to religious or secular didactic works, placed within the context of classical models of dialogues and the prevalence of male writings during this period.