03679nam 2200769 a 450 991045864960332120200520144314.01-281-12588-197866111258820-226-50550-210.7208/9780226505503(CKB)1000000000404150(EBL)408564(OCoLC)437248265(SSID)ssj0000211650(PQKBManifestationID)12059031(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000211650(PQKBWorkID)10312092(PQKB)11211460(SSID)ssj0000282360(PQKBManifestationID)11912489(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282360(PQKBWorkID)10317417(PQKB)22007017(MiAaPQ)EBC408564(DE-B1597)535617(OCoLC)1135591180(DE-B1597)9780226505503(Au-PeEL)EBL408564(CaPaEBR)ebr10209994(CaONFJC)MIL112588(EXLCZ)99100000000040415019990714d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe nobility and excellence of women, and the defects and vices of men[electronic resource] /Lucrezia Marinella ; edited and translated by Anne Dunhill ; introduction by Letizia PanizzaChicago University of Chicago Press19991 online resource (230 p.)Other voice in early modern EuropeDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-50546-4 0-226-50545-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-190) and index.pt. 1. The nobility and excellence of women -- pt. 2. The defects and vices of men.A gifted poet, a women's rights activist, and an expert on moral and natural philosophy, Lucrezia Marinella (1571-1653) was known throughout Italy as the leading female intellectual of her age. Born into a family of Venetian physicians, she was encouraged to study, and, fortunately, she did not share the fate of many of her female contemporaries, who were forced to join convents or were pressured to marry early. Marinella enjoyed a long literary career, writing mainly religious, epic, and pastoral poetry, and biographies of famous women in both verse and prose. Marinella's masterpiece, The Nobility and Excellence of Women, and the Defects and Vices of Men was first published in 1600, composed at a furious pace in answer to Giusepe Passi's diatribe about women's alleged defects. This polemic displays Marinella's vast knowledge of the Italian poetic tradition and demonstrates her ability to argue against authors of the misogynist tradition from Boccaccio to Torquato Tasso. Trying to effect real social change, Marinella argued that morally, intellectually, and in many other ways, women are superior to men. Other voice in early modern Europe.WomenEarly works to 1800WomenHistoryRenaissance, 1450-1600WomenItalyHistoryRenaissance, 1450-1600Electronic books.WomenWomenHistoryWomenHistory305.4Marinella Lucrezia1571-1653.167913Dunhill Anne997818Panizza Letizia486928MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458649603321The nobility and excellence of women, and the defects and vices of men2288439UNINA