Collected Letters of a Renaissance Feminist (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series) - Hardcover

Cereta, Laura

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226100111 ISBN 13: 9780226100111

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1997

Synopsis

This is a collection of the letters of Laura Cereta (1469-1499), which present feminist issues in a predominantly male environment. Cereta's works circulated widely in Italy, and in them she explores the history of women's contributions to the intellectual and political life of Europe. Cereta argues against the slavery of women in marriage and for the rights of women to higher education, the same issues which have occupied women of later centuries. The letters also furnish a detailed portrait of an early modern woman's private experience, for Cereta addressed many letters to a close circle of family and friends, discussing highly personal concerns, such as her difficult relationships with her mother and husband. The letters provide a testament to an individual woman and to enduring feminist concerns.

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About the Author

Diana Robin is professor emerita of classics at the University of New Mexico and a scholar in residence at the Newberry Library. She has written, edited, and translated several books, most recently Isotta Nogarola's Complete Writings, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226100111
• ISBN 13: 9780226100111
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 304