Sarra Copia Sulam : : A Jewish Salonnière and the Press in Counter-Reformation Venice / / Lynn Lara Westwater.

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• VerfasserIn: Westwater, Lynn Lara,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Toronto Italian Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.) :; 22 b&w illustrations

For nearly a decade at the height of the Counter-Reformation in Italy, the Jewish poet and polemicist Sarra Copia Sulam (ca. 1592–1641) hosted a literary salon at her house in the Venetian ghetto, providing one of the most public and enduring forums for Jewish-Christian interaction in early modern V...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Figures
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Timeline
• Dramatis Personae
• Note on the Text
• Introduction
• 1. The Birth of a Salon (1618–1621)
• 2. A Rupture in the Salon (1619–1621)
• 3. The Salon and the Venetian Presses (1621)
• 4. Copia Sulam Compromised (1622–1623)
• 5. Friends and Enemies (1621–1626)
• 6. The Salon’s Afterlife (Post-1626)
• Biographical Note: Sarra Copia Sulam in the Venetian Ghetto
• Appendix A: Last Will and Testament of Simon Copio
• Appendix B: Inventory of Simon Copio’s House at His Death
• Appendix C: Currency Values
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index