Paternal tyranny /
Sharp-witted and sharp-tongued, Arcangela Tarabotti (1604-52) yearned to be formally educated and enjoy an independent life in Venetian literary circles. But instead, at sixteen, her father forced her into a Benedictine convent. To protest her confinement, Tarabotti composed polemical works exposing...
| Основен автор: | Tarabotti, Arcangela. |
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| Други автори: | Panizza, Letizia. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English Italian |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2004.
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| Серия: |
Other voice in early modern Europe.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=212691 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Paternal tyranny. |
| Резюме: |
Sharp-witted and sharp-tongued, Arcangela Tarabotti (1604-52) yearned to be formally educated and enjoy an independent life in Venetian literary circles. But instead, at sixteen, her father forced her into a Benedictine convent. To protest her confinement, Tarabotti composed polemical works exposing the many injustices perpetrated against women of her day. Paternal Tyranny, the first of these works, is a fiery but carefully argued manifesto against the oppression of women by the Venetian patriarchy. Denouncing key misogynist texts of the era, Tarabotti shows how despicable it was for Venice, a. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxix, 182 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-36) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226789675 0226789675 9780226789651 0226789659 9780226789668 0226789667 128112608X 9781281126085 |