The Century of Women : : Representations of Women in Eighteenth-Century Italian Public Discourse /

The Century of Women : : Representations of Women in Eighteenth-Century Italian Public Discourse / / Rebecca Messbarger.

Eighteenth-century Italian playwright Pietro Chiari designated the age he lived in 'The Century of Women' ? an age when women gained considerable power through education and admission to various academic positions and professions. Structured as an extended disputation, this book tells the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
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Messbarger, Rebecca,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2002
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Toronto Italian Studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note to the Reader
  • Introduction: The Century of Women
  • 1. The Debate
  • 2. The Very Fibre of Their Being: Antonio Conti's Materialist Argument for Women's Inferiority
  • 3. Palliated Resistance: Diamante Medaglia Faini on 'Which Studies Are Fitting for Women
  • 4. For the Public Good: tt Gaffed 'Defence of Women
  • 5. Counter-Discourse: La donna galante ed erudita
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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