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Arms and the Woman

by Francesca D'Alessandro Behr

Criticism and interpretationItalian literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismWomen and literatureHistoryWomenSocial conditions

"Focuses on classical reception in the works of female authors active in Venice during the Early Modern Age. Explores the work of Moderata Fonte and Lucrezia Marinella and demonstrates how they used knowledge of texts by Virgil, Ovid, and Aristotle to promote gender-based egalitarianism"--

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Book data: Open Library