by Moderata Fonte (Author), Moderata Fonte (Author), Virginia Cox (Translator)
In this work, originally published in 1600, the author creates a conversation among seven Venetain noblewomen. The dialogue explores women's experience in both theoretical and practical terms. The women take as their broad theme men's curious hostility towards women and the possible cures for it.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 318
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 18 Aug 1997
ISBN 10: 0226256820
ISBN 13: 9780226256825