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Women Latin poets

by Jane Stevenson

Authority in literatureFeminist and literatureHistory and criticismIntellectual lifeLatin poetryLatin poetry, Medieval and modernMedieval and modern Latin poetrySex role in literature

"Presenting the work of more than three hundred women Latin poets, many for the first time, this study substantially revises received opinion on women's participation in, and relation to, elite culture. All verse quoted in the text is translated, and there is a comprehensive finding guide that lists manuscripts, editions, and translations."--BOOK JACKET.

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