- 304 pages
- English
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Writing Gender in Women's Letter Collections of the Italian Renaissance
About this book
Ray's study includes extensive new archival research and highlights a widespread interest in women's letter collections during the Italian Renaissance that suggests a deep curiosity about the female experience and a surprising openness to women's participation in this kind of literary production.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- PART ONE: The Vernacular Letter in Context
- Introduction: Reading the Lettera familiare
- 1 Womenās Vernacular Letters in Context
- PART TWO: The Epistolary Construction of Gender
- 2 Female Impersonations: Ortensio Landoās Lettere di molte valorose donne
- 3 āA gloria del sesso feminileā: The Lettere of Lucrezia Gonzaga as Exemplary Narrative
- PART THREE: Epistolary Space and Female Experience
- 4 The Courtesanās Voice: Veronica Francoās Lettere familiari
- 5 Between Stage and Page: The Letters of Isabella Andreini
- 6 The Pen for the Sword: Arcangela Tarabottiās Lettere familiari e di complimento
- Epilogue: Writing Letters, Performing Gender
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index