The birth of feminism woman as intellect in Renaissance Italy and England / Sarah Gwyneth Ross.

Author/creator Ross, Sarah Gwyneth, 1975-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Description405 pages ; 24 cm
Electronic LocationInhaltsverzeichnis
Supplemental ContentThe birth of feminism
Subjects
Feminism--Italy. --History.
Feminism--England. --History.
Women and literature--Italy. --History.
Women and literature--England. --History.

Contents Introduction -- Her father's daughter -- Household academies in Venice and London -- The biographical tradition -- Models of feminist argument -- Learned wives and mothers in italy -- Collaborative marriages in Britain -- Discourses of equality and rights -- Conclusion.
Review "In this work, surveying 300 years and two nations, Sarah Gwyneth Ross demonstrates how the expanding ranks of learned women in the Renaissance era presented the first significant challenge to the traditional definition of "woman" in the West."--Jacket.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009005164
ISBN9780674034549 (alk. paper)
ISBN0674034546 (alk. paper)