Worth of Women Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men

Name: Worth of Women Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men
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ISBN: 9780226256825

ISBN-10: 0226256820

ISBN-13: 9780226256825

Edition: 1997 (Reprint)

Authors: Moderata Fonte, Virginia Cox

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Gender equality and the responsibility of husbands and fathers: issues that loom large today had currency in Renaissance Venice as well, as evidenced by the publication in 1600 of The Worth of Women by Moderata Fonte. Moderata Fonte was the pseudonym of Modesta Pozzo (1555–92), a Venetian woman who was something of an anomaly. Neither cloistered in a convent nor as liberated from prevailing codes of decorum as a courtesan might be, Pozzo was a respectable, married mother who produced literature in genres that were commonly considered "masculine"--the chivalric romance and the literary dialogue. This work takes the form of the latter, with Fonte creating a conversation among seven Venetian…

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List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/18/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 318
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English



Introduction to the Series


Acknowledgments Moderata Fonte and ""The Worth of Women""


Introduction Life and Early Works Structure and Arguments


The Question of Unity ""The Worth of Women"" and Renaissance Literary Tradition Fortunes and Influence Suggestions for Further Reading


Key to Abbreviations


Note on the Text


A Note on Fonte's Sources


The Worth of Women Dedicatory


Letter Life of Moderata Fonte First Day Second Day


Appendix The Theme of Women's Equality with Men in Moderata Fonte's ""Floridoro"" Works Cited