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Lucrezia Marinella and the 'Querelle Des Femmes' in Seventeenth-Century Italy
Malpezzi Price, Paola; Ristaino, Christine
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Hardback. This book argues that Lucrezia Marinella should be included in the Italian and European literary canons as a most remarkable contributor. It examines the place that Marinella holds within the dominant literary tradition of seventeenth-century Italy as a writer, as well as a woman who lived within a predominantly patriarchal culture. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 476.
This book intends to prove that Lucrezia Marinella should be included in the Italian and European literary canons as a most remarkable contributor, as she excelled in several literary genres: epic, hagiography, poetry, and treatise writing. It also examines the place that Marinella holds within the dominant literary tradition of seventeenth-century Italy as a writer, as well as a woman who lived within a predominantly patriarchal culture. Integrating its values and expectations into her own view of reality, Marinella interprets literary tradition through her perspective by presenting female 'heroines' engaged within the pastoral and epic traditions, the allegorical mode, and ... Read more
This book intends to prove that Lucrezia Marinella should be included in the Italian and European literary canons as a most remarkable contributor, as she excelled in several literary genres: epic, hagiography, poetry, and treatise writing. It also examines the place that Marinella holds within the dominant literary tradition of seventeenth-century Italy as a writer, as well as a woman who lived within a predominantly patriarchal culture. Integrating its values and expectations into her own view of reality, Marinella interprets literary tradition through her perspective by presenting female 'heroines' engaged within the pastoral and epic traditions, the allegorical mode, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Series
The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611473513
SKU
V9781611473513
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About Malpezzi Price, Paola; Ristaino, Christine
Paola Malpezzi Price teaches at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, where she chairs the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Christine Ristaino coordinates the first-year Italian language program at Emory University.
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