Title Writing gender in women's letter collections of the Italian Renaissance / Meredith K. Ray.

Publication Info.	Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, [2009]
	Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010.
	©2009

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Description	1 online resource (x, 362 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Toronto Italian studies
	Toronto Italian studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-354) and index.
Contents	Women's vernacular letters in context -- Female impersonations: Ortensio Lando's Lettere di molte valorose donne -- 'A gloria del sesso feminile': The Lettere of Lucrezia Gonzaga as exemplary narrative -- The courtesan's voice: Veronica Franco's Lettere familiari -- Between stage and page: the letters of Isabella Andreini -- The pen for the sword: Arcangela Tarabotti's Lettere familiari e di complimento.
Summary	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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Subject	Italian letters -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
	Italian letters.
	Women authors.
	Italian letters -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
	Women and literature -- Italy -- History -- 16th century.
	Women and literature.
	Italy.
	History.
Chronological Term	16th century
Subject	Women and literature -- Italy -- History -- 17th century.
Chronological Term	17th century
Subject	Letter writing, Italian -- History -- 16th century.
	Letter writing, Italian.
	Letter writing, Italian -- History -- 17th century.
	Italian prose literature -- To 1700 -- History and criticism.
	Italian prose literature.
Chronological Term	To 1700
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: 9780802097040
ISBN	9781442697836 (electronic book)
	1442697830 (electronic book)
	9780802097040 (print)
	0802097049 (acid-free paper)

Title Writing gender in women's letter collections of the Italian Renaissance / Meredith K. Ray.

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