Writing Gender in Women's Letter Collections of the Italian Renaissance /

Writing Gender in Women's Letter Collections of the Italian Renaissance / / Meredith K Ray.

During the Italian Renaissance, dozens of early modern writers published collections of private correspondence, using them as vehicles for self-presentation, self-promotion, social critique, and religious dissent. Writing Gender in Women's Letter Collections of the Italian Renaissance examines...

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Ray, Meredith K,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2009
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE: The Vernacular Letter in Context
  • Introduction: Reading the Lettera familiare
  • 1 Women's Vernacular Letters in Context
  • PART TWO: The Epistolary Construction of Gender
  • 2 Female Impersonations: Ortensio Lando's Lettere di molte valorose donne
  • 3 'A gloria del sesso feminile': The Lettere of Lucrezia Gonzaga as Exemplary Narrative
  • PART THREE: Epistolary Space and Female Experience
  • 4 The Courtesan's Voice: Veronica Franco's Lettere familiari
  • 5 Between Stage and Page: The Letters of Isabella Andreini
  • 6 The Pen for the Sword: Arcangela Tarabotti's Lettere familiari e di complimento
  • Epilogue: Writing Letters, Performing Gender
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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