Writing gender in women's letter collections of the Italian RenaissanceMeredith K. Ray.
Ray, Meredith K., 1969-
Writing gender in women's letter collections of the Italian RenaissanceMeredith K. Ray. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2009. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2010). - 1 online resource (x, 362 pages) - Toronto Italian studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Women's vernacular letters in context -- Female impersonations: Ortensio Lando's Lettere di molte valorose donne -- 'A gloria del sesso feminile': The Lettere of Lucrezia Gonzaga as exemplary narrative -- The courtesan's voice: Veronica Franco's Lettere familiari -- Between stage and page: the letters of Isabella Andreini -- The pen for the sword: Arcangela Tarabotti's Lettere familiari e di complimento.
Ray's study includes extensive new archival research and highlights a widespread interest in women's letter collections during the Italian Renaissance that suggests a deep curiosity about the female experience and a surprising openness to women's participation in this kind of literary production.
9781442697836
Italian letters--Women authors--History and criticism.
Women and literature--History--Italy--16th century.
Letter writing, Italian--History--16th century.
Electronic Books.
PQ4183 / .W758 2009
Writing gender in women's letter collections of the Italian RenaissanceMeredith K. Ray. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2009. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2010). - 1 online resource (x, 362 pages) - Toronto Italian studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Women's vernacular letters in context -- Female impersonations: Ortensio Lando's Lettere di molte valorose donne -- 'A gloria del sesso feminile': The Lettere of Lucrezia Gonzaga as exemplary narrative -- The courtesan's voice: Veronica Franco's Lettere familiari -- Between stage and page: the letters of Isabella Andreini -- The pen for the sword: Arcangela Tarabotti's Lettere familiari e di complimento.
Ray's study includes extensive new archival research and highlights a widespread interest in women's letter collections during the Italian Renaissance that suggests a deep curiosity about the female experience and a surprising openness to women's participation in this kind of literary production.
9781442697836
Italian letters--Women authors--History and criticism.
Women and literature--History--Italy--16th century.
Letter writing, Italian--History--16th century.
Electronic Books.
PQ4183 / .W758 2009