Writing gender in women's letter collections of the Italian RenaissanceMeredith K. Ray.

By:

Ray, Meredith K, 1969- [Author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publication details: Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2009.; (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2010).Description: 1 online resource (x, 362 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781442697836

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PQ4183 .W758 2009

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Contents:

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.

Subject: 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.

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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	PQ4183.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn759157364

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.

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