Writing gender in women's letter collections of the Italian Renaissance / Meredith K. Ray.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Toronto Italian studiesPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2009Distributor: Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010Description: 1 online resource (x, 362 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9781442697836
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- Italian letters -- Women authors -- History and criticism
- Italian letters -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
- Women and literature -- Italy -- History -- 16th century
- Women and literature -- Italy -- History -- 17th century
- Letter writing, Italian -- History -- 16th century
- Letter writing, Italian -- History -- 17th century
- Italian prose literature -- To 1700 -- History and criticism
- Femmes et littérature -- Italie -- Histoire -- 16e siècle
- Femmes et littérature -- Italie -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Correspondance italienne -- Histoire -- 16e siècle
- Correspondance italienne -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Prose italienne -- Jusqu'à 1700 -- Histoire et critique
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Italian
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Letters
- Italian prose literature
- Letter writing, Italian
- Women and literature
- Italy
- To 1700
- 856/.4099287
- PQ4183.L4 R39 2009eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-354) 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.
Text in English with some text translated from Italian.
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