Strong Voices, Weak History: Early Women Writers and Canons in England, France, and Italy
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (574 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0472068814 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 392 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Judith E. Hill said A New Look at Old Tales. An excellent examination of special women who wrote insightful and thoughtful works at a time when the Church was still arguing about whether or not they had soulsPacked with useful information about intellectual women during the Renaissance. A must for students and independent scholars interested in both medieval and renaissance history and gender studies.
From a March 2000 conference at the University of Pennsylvania, 16 essays explore such aspects as women's dialogue writing in 16th-century France, Maria Domitilla Galluzzi and the Rule of St. Clare of Assisi, courtly origins of new literary canons, the earliest anthology of English women's texts, and the reinvention of Anne Askew. One of the contri