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Collected Letters of a Renaissance Feminist
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Collected Letters of a Renaissance Feminist Hardcover - 1997 - 1st Edition

by Laura Cereta; Diana Robin (Editor)


From the publisher

Renaissance writer Laura Cereta (1469-1499) presents feminist issues in a predominantly male venue--the humanist autobiography in the form of personal letters. Cereta's works circulated widely in Italy during the early modern era, but her complete letters have never before been published in English. In her public lectures and essays, Cereta explores the history of women's contributions to the intellectual and political life of Europe. She argues against the slavery of women in marriage and for the rights of women to higher education, the same issues that have occupied feminist thinkers of later centuries. Yet these 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 her husband. Taken together, these letters are a testament both to an individual woman and to enduring feminist concerns.

Details

  • Title Collected Letters of a Renaissance Feminist
  • Author Laura Cereta; Diana Robin (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 244
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press
  • Date 1997-06
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780226100111 / 0226100111
  • Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.23 x 6.2 x 0.75 in (23.44 x 15.75 x 1.91 cm)
  • Reading level 1510
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Humanists - Italy - Correspondence, Italy - Intellectual life - 1268-1559 -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96045730
  • Dewey Decimal Code B