This excellent collection of essays and texts surveys the culture and intellectual context of early modern Italy in order to render more intelligible the writing of Italian women. The role of women in society and the persistent misogyny even of the most pro-woman texts are explored in the essays, and the recent critical debates are examined. The translations make available in English a selection of male-authored texts which directly or indirectly elicited the spirited responses of women, for which the volume is aptly entitled "In Dialogue." A valuable classroom resource, the volume is an important addition to The Other...Read more
This excellent collection of essays and texts surveys the culture and intellectual context of early modern Italy in order to render more intelligible the writing of Italian women. The role of women in society and the persistent misogyny even of the most pro-woman texts are explored in the essays, and the recent critical debates are examined. The translations make available in English a selection of male-authored texts which directly or indirectly elicited the spirited responses of women, for which the volume is aptly entitled "In Dialogue." A valuable classroom resource, the volume is an important addition to The Other Voice: Toronto series.
-Elissa Weaver
Professor of Italian, Emerita, University of Chicago
-Elissa Weaver
Professor of Italian, Emerita, University of Chicago
- ISBN10 0772720851
- ISBN13 9780772720856
- Publish Date 1 March 2011
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint University of Toronto Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 386
- Language English