Boccaccio's heroines: power and virtue in Renaissance society
Text and its critics -- Lauds and libraries -- Art of virtue -- Authorial intent -- Dedication: the nature of virtue -- Preface: a book for men about women -- Bad example -- Overstepping the boundaries -- Action/reaction -- Dangerous minds and bodies -- Calculated anomalies -- Famous women in Renais...
| Summary: | Text and its critics -- Lauds and libraries -- Art of virtue -- Authorial intent -- Dedication: the nature of virtue -- Preface: a book for men about women -- Bad example -- Overstepping the boundaries -- Action/reaction -- Dangerous minds and bodies -- Calculated anomalies -- Famous women in Renaissance Tuscany -- Boccaccio's heroines -- Woman's place -- Daring but decorous -- Famous women and famous women -- Eleonora d'Aragona d'Este -- Isabella d'Este and Mantegna |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. [177] - 199 |
| ISBN: | 0754653641 |