Writing Gender in Women's Letter Collections of the Italian Renaissance

by Meredith K. Ray

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0802097049

ISBN13:9780802097040

Release Date:July 2009

Publisher:University of Toronto Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

16th Century Literary Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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