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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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