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Collected letters of a Renaissance feminist / / transcribed, translated, and edited by Diana Robin



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Autore: Cereta Laura <1469-1499.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Collected letters of a Renaissance feminist / / transcribed, translated, and edited by Diana Robin Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1997
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 pages)
Disciplina: 001.3/092
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Soggetto topico: Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern) - Italy
Women - Italy - History - Renaissance, 1450-1600
Humanists - Italy
Feminists - Italy
Soggetto geografico: Italy Intellectual life 1268-1559 Sources
Altri autori: RobinDiana Maury  
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Collected letters of a Renaissance feminist  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-226-72158-2
1-281-12539-3
9786611125394
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910815818903321
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Serie: Other voice in early modern Europe.