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Author:

D'Alessandro Behr, Francesca, author.

Title:

Arms and the woman : classical tradition and women writers in the Venetian Renaissance / Francesca D'Alessandro Behr.

Publisher:

The Ohio State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

viii, 285 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Fonte, Moderata,--1555-1592--Criticism and interpretation.
Marinella, Lucrezia,--1571-1653--Criticism and interpretation.
Fonte, Moderata,--1555-1592.
Marinella, Lucrezia,--1571-1653.
Italian literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Women and literature--Italy--History--16th century.
Women and literature--Italy--History--17th century.
Women--Venice--Venice--History--16th century.
Women--Venice--Venice--History--17th century.
Women--Venice--Venice--Social conditions--16th century.
Women--Venice--Venice--Social conditions--17th century.
Italian literature--Women authors.
Women.
Women and literature.
Women--Social conditions.
Italy.
Italy--Venice.
1500-1699
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-276) and index.

Contents:

Lady knights and pietas -- Women and compassion -- Epic and elegy -- Love and lamentation -- Ancient and modern prototypes -- Away from the city -- Fonte's enchantress and beyond.

Summary:

"Focuses on classical reception in the works of female authors active in Venice during the Early Modern Age. Explores the work of Moderata Fonte and Lucrezia Marinella and demonstrates how they used knowledge of texts by Virgil, Ovid, and Aristotle to promote gender-based egalitarianism"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Classical memories/modern identities

ISBN:

0814213715
9780814213711

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1002681128

LCCN:

2017058977

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)