The Honest Courtesan: Veronica Franco, Citizen and Writer in Sixteenth-century Venice (Women in Culture and Society Series)

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  • Author : Mf Rosenthal
  • Binding : Paperback
  • EAN : 9780226728124
  • Edition : 2nd
  • ISBN : 0226728129
  • Is Eligible For Trade In? : Yes
  • Label : University of Chicago Press
  • Languages : Original Language: English, Published: English
  • Manufacturer : University of Chicago Press
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Number Of Pages : 432
  • Package Dimensions : 1.10 inches (Height) x 8.90 inches (Length) x 1.63 pounds (Weight) x 5.98 inches (Width)
  • Product Group : Book
  • Publication Date : 1992-12-01
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • SKU : 117127
  • Studio : University of Chicago Press

The Venetian courtesan has long captured the imagination as a female symbol of sexual license. What then to make of the honest courtesan, who recast virtue as intellectual integrity. Veronico Franco was such a woman and this text reveals in her writing a passionate support for defedeless women.

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