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The invention of the Renaissance woman : the challenge of female independence in the literature and thought of Italy and England

Author: Pamela Joseph Benson
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1992.
Edition/Format: Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Pamela Joseph Benson
ISBN: 0271008121 9780271008127 0271008148 9780271008141
OCLC Number: 24009663
Description: x, 325 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris : an ambiguous beginning -- From praise to paradox : the first Italian defenses of women -- The literary containment of the independent woman : Capella and Castiglione -- The debate about woman in the Orlando furioso -- Praise and limitation of the independent woman in the Orlando furioso -- The new ideal in England : Thomas More, Juan Luis Vives, and Richard Hyrde -- Virtue and politics in Sir Thomas Elyot's The defence of good women -- The popular controversy in England -- The defense of female regiment : practical politics -- Praise and defense of woman in The faerie queene -- Praise and defense of the queen in The faerie queene.
Responsibility: Pamela Joseph Benson.

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