"Focuses on classical reception in the works of female authors active in Venice during the Early Modern Age. Explores the work of Moderata Fonte and Lucrezia Marinella and demonstrates how they used knowledge of texts by Virgil, Ovid, and Aristotle...
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Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte
"Focuses on classical reception in the works of female authors active in Venice during the Early Modern Age. Explores the work of Moderata Fonte and Lucrezia Marinella and demonstrates how they used knowledge of texts by Virgil, Ovid, and Aristotle to promote gender-based egalitarianism"--
Kapitel: Lady knights and pietas -- Women and compassion -- Epic and elegy -- Love and lamentation -- Ancient and modern prototypes -- Away from the city -- Fonte's enchantress and beyond
