The Nobility and Excellence of Women and the Defects and Vices of Men (Other Voice in Early Modern Europe)

by L Marinella (Author)

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  2000

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  First published in 1600 in answer to Giusepe Passi's diatribe about women's alleged defects, this polemic displays Lucrezia Marinella's knowledge of the Italian poetic tradition and demonstrates her ability to argue against authors of the misogynist tradition from Boccaccio to Torquato Tasso.