LEADER 03996nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910451217203321 005 20210618012014.0 010 $a1-281-12564-4 010 $a9786611125646 010 $a0-226-25985-4 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226259857 035 $a(CKB)1000000000405457 035 $a(EBL)408409 035 $a(OCoLC)437248176 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000222995 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11208646 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000222995 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10176958 035 $a(PQKB)10869180 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408409 035 $a(DE-B1597)535596 035 $a(OCoLC)1055286139 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226259857 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408409 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10209945 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL112564 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000405457 100 $a19980514d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPoems and selected letters$b[electronic resource] /$fVeronica Franco ; edited and translated by Ann Rosalind Jones and Margaret F. Rosenthal 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 225 1 $aOther voice in early modern Europe 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-226-25987-0 311 0 $a0-226-25986-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 285-293) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tTHE OTHER VOICE IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES --$tINTRODUCTION: THE HONORED COURTESAN --$tVERONICA FRANCO, FAMILIAR LETTERS TO CARIOUS PEOPLE (1580) --$tVERONICA FRANCO, POEMS IN TERZA RIMA (1575) --$tBIBLIOGRAPHY --$tINDEX 330 $aVeronica Franco (whose life is featured in the motion picture Dangerous Beauty) was a sixteenth-century Venetian beauty, poet, and protofeminist. This collection captures the frank eroticism and impressive eloquence that set her apart from the chaste, silent woman prescribed by Renaissance gender ideology. As an "honored courtesan", Franco made her living by arranging to have sexual relations, for a high fee, with the elite of Venice and the many travelers-merchants, ambassadors, even kings-who passed through the city. Courtesans needed to be beautiful, sophisticated in their dress and manners, and elegant, cultivated conversationalists. Exempt from many of the social and educational restrictions placed on women of the Venetian patrician class, Franco used her position to recast "virtue" as "intellectual integrity," offering wit and refinement in return for patronage and a place in public life. Franco became a writer by allying herself with distinguished men at the center of her city's culture, particularly in the informal meetings of a literary salon at the home of Domenico Venier, the oldest member of a noble family and a former Venetian senator. Through Venier's protection and her own determination, Franco published work in which she defended her fellow courtesans, speaking out against their mistreatment by men and criticizing the subordination of women in general. Venier also provided literary counsel when she responded to insulting attacks written by the male Venetian poet Maffio Venier. Franco's insight into the power conflicts between men and women and her awareness of the threat she posed to her male contemporaries make her life and work pertinent today. 410 0$aOther voice in early modern Europe. 606 $aAuthors, Italian$y16th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAuthors, Italian 676 $a851/.4 700 $aFranco$b Veronica$f1546-1591.$0202673 701 $aJones$b Ann Rosalind$0871792 701 $aRosenthal$b Margaret F$0871793 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451217203321 996 $aPoems and selected letters$91946222 997 $aUNINA