UID:
almafu_9958353384102883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781442697836
Content:
During the Italian Renaissance, dozens of early modern writers published collections of private correspondence, using them as vehicles for self-presentation, self-promotion, social critique, and religious dissent. Writing Gender in Women's Letter Collections of the Italian Renaissance examines the letter collections of women writers, arguing that these works were a studied performance of pervasive ideas about gender as well as genre, a form of self-fashioning that variously reflected, manipulated, and subverted cultural and literary conventions regarding femininity and masculinity.Meredith K. Ray presents letter collections from authors of diverse backgrounds, including a noblewoman, a courtesan, an actress, a nun, and a male writer who composed letters under female pseudonyms. 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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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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PART ONE: The Vernacular Letter in Context --
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Introduction: Reading the Lettera familiare --
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1 Women’s Vernacular Letters in Context --
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PART TWO: The Epistolary Construction of Gender --
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2 Female Impersonations: Ortensio Lando’s Lettere di molte valorose donne --
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3 ‘A gloria del sesso feminile’: The Lettere of Lucrezia Gonzaga as Exemplary Narrative --
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PART THREE: Epistolary Space and Female Experience --
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4 The Courtesan’s Voice: Veronica Franco’s Lettere familiari --
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5 Between Stage and Page: The Letters of Isabella Andreini --
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6 The Pen for the Sword: Arcangela Tarabotti’s Lettere familiari e di complimento --
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Epilogue: Writing Letters, Performing Gender --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3138/9781442697836
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442697836
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442697836
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