The nobility and excellence of women, and the defects and vices of men
Lucrezia Marinella ; edited and translated by Anne Dunhill ; introduction by Letizia Panizza.
Bok Engelsk 1999 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Chicago : : University of Chicago Press, , 1999.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (230 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - pt. 1. The nobility and excellence of women -- pt. 2. The defects and vices of men.. - A gifted poet, a women's rights activist, and an expert on moral and natural philosophy, Lucrezia Marinella (1571-1653) was known throughout Italy as the leading female intellectual of her age. Born into a family of Venetian physicians, she was encouraged to study, and, fortunately, she did not share the fate of many of her female contemporaries, who were forced to join convents or were pressured to marry early. Marinella enjoyed a long literary career, writing mainly religious, epic, and pastoral poetry, and biographies of famous women in both verse and prose. Marinella's masterp
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| Dewey | 305.3094509031 . - 305.4
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| ISBN | 0226505456. - 0226505464
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