Veronica Franco in Dialogue / / Marilyn Migiel.

Since the late twentieth century, the Venetian courtesan Veronica Franco has been viewed as a triumphant proto-feminist icon: a woman who celebrated her sexuality, an outspoken champion of women and their worth, and an important intellectual and cultural presence in sixteenth-century Venice. In Vero...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Toronto Italian Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (200 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on the Text and Translations of Veronica Franco’s Terze rime (Poems in Terza Rima)
  • Introduction: What Do We See in Veronica Franco?
  • 1 Gendered Strategies of Persuasion: Terze rime 1 and 2
  • 2 Poetic Identity and Community: Terze rime 3 and 4
  • 3 Repenting as a Courtesan: Terze rime 5 and 6
  • 4 Complaining and Cognitive Reframing: Terze rime 7 and 8
  • 5 Seductive Insinuation and Obliquely Frank Refusal: Terze rime 9 and 10
  • 6 Verona, Venezia, Veronica: Terze rime 11 and 12
  • 7 Attacks and Concessions under Erasure: Terze rime 13 and 14
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index