Collected letters of a Renaissance feminist
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Collected letters of a Renaissance feminist
（The other voice in early modern Europe）
University of Chicago Press, c1997
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Kobe University General Library / Library for Intercultural Studies
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Translated from Latin
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-209) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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hard ISBN 9780226100111
Description
This is a collection of the letters of Laura Cereta (1469-1499), which present feminist issues in a predominantly male environment. Cereta's works circulated widely in Italy, and in them she explores the history of women's contributions to the intellectual and political life of Europe. Cereta argues against the slavery of women in marriage and for the rights of women to higher education, the same issues which have occupied women of later centuries. The letters also furnish a detailed portrait of an early modern woman's private experience, for Cereta addressed many letters to a close circle of family and friends, discussing highly personal concerns, such as her difficult relationships with her mother and husband. The letters provide a testament to an individual woman and to enduring feminist concerns.
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Series Acknowledgments Translator's Introduction 1: Autobiography 2: Women and Society 3: Marriage and Mourning 4: Woman to Woman 5: The Public Lectures 6: Dialogue on the Death of an Ass Bibliography Index
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pbk. ISBN 9780226100135
Description
This is a collection of the letters of Laura Cereta (1469-1499), which present feminist issues in a predominantly male environment. Cereta's works circulated widely in Italy, and in them she explores the history of women's contributions to the intellectual and political life of Europe. Cereta argues against the slavery of women in marriage and for the rights of women to higher education, the same issues which have occupied women of later centuries. The letters also furnish a detailed portrait of an early modern woman's private experience, for Cereta addressed many letters to a close circle of family and friends, discussing highly personal concerns, such as her difficult relationships with her mother and husband. The letters provide a testament to an individual woman and to enduring feminist concerns.
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