Renaissance Feminism

Author : Constance Jordan
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781501721847

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Renaissance Feminism by Constance Jordan Pdf

Considering a wide range of Renaissance works of nonfiction, Jordan asserts that feminism as a mode of thought emerged as early as the fifteenth century in Italy, and that the main arguments for the social equality of the sexes were common in the sixteenth century. Renaissance feminism, she maintains, was a feature of a broadly revisionist movement that regarded the medieval model of creation as static and hierarchical and favored a model that was dynamic and relational. Jordan examines pro-woman arguments found in dozens of pan-European texts in the light of present-day notions of authority and subordination, particularly resistance theory, in an attempt to link gender issues to larger contemporary theoretical and institutional questions. Drawing on sources as varied as treatises on marriage and on education, defenses and histories of women, popular satires, moral dialogues, and romances, Renaissance Feminism illustrates the broad scope of feminist argument in early modern Europe, recovering prowoman arguments that had disappeared from the record of gender debates and transforming the ways in which early modern gender ideology has been understood. Renaissance scholars and feminist critics and historians in general will welcome this book, and medievalists and intellectual historians will also find it valuable reading.

Author : Sarah Gwyneth Ross
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780674054530

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The Birth of Feminism by Sarah Gwyneth Ross Pdf

In this illuminating work, surveying 300 years and two nations, Sarah Gwyneth Ross demonstrates how the expanding ranks of learned women in the Renaissance era presented the first significant challenge to the traditional definition of "woman" in the West. An experiment in collective biography and intellectual history, The Birth of Feminism demonstrates that because of their education, these women laid the foundation for the emancipation of womankind.

Author : Lorna Hutson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028541048

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Feminism and Renaissance Studies by Lorna Hutson Pdf

BOxford Readings in Feminism Series Editors: Teresa Brennan and Susan James Oxford Readings in Feminism provide accessible, one-volume guides to the very best in contemporary feminist thinking, assessing its impact and importance in key areas of study. Collected together by scholars of outstanding reputation in their field, the articles chosen represent the most important work on feminist issues, and concise, lively introductions to each volume crystallize the main lines of debate in the field. Ever since the publication of Joan Kellys Did Women have a Renaissance? in 1977, feminist historians and critics have been challenging the claims traditionally made for the liberating effects of the intellectual and artistic energies released by the European Renaissance. By analysing the work of gender in the evaluative languages of traditional Renaissance historiography, and by finding strategies for restoring the agency of women to the historical account, feminist scholars have helped to transform the object of Renaissance Studies across a range of disciplines. This collection brings together classic and more recent essays by feminist scholars in art, music, intellectual and social history, and the literature of the European vernaculars. It offers students and teachers a uniquely accessible introduction to the difference that academic feminism has made to the study of a period often claimed to be foundational to European modernity.

Author : Laura Cereta
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226721583

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Collected Letters of a Renaissance Feminist by Laura Cereta Pdf

Renaissance writer Laura Cereta (1469–1499) presents feminist issues in a predominantly male venue—the humanist autobiography in the form of personal letters. Cereta's works circulated widely in Italy during the early modern era, but her complete letters have never before been published in English. In her public lectures and essays, Cereta explores the history of women's contributions to the intellectual and political life of Europe. She argues against the slavery of women in marriage and for the rights of women to higher education, the same issues that have occupied feminist thinkers of later centuries. Yet these letters also furnish a detailed portrait of an early modern woman’s private experience, for Cereta addressed many letters to a close circle of family and friends, discussing highly personal concerns such as her difficult relationships with her mother and her husband. Taken together, these letters are a testament both to an individual woman and to enduring feminist concerns.

Author : R de 1848-1902 Maulde-La-Clavière,George Herbert Ely
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1021517763

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The Women of the Renaissance; a Study of Feminism by R de 1848-1902 Maulde-La-Clavière,George Herbert Ely Pdf

Discover the role of women in the Renaissance and their contributions to the feminist movement. This book provides a critical analysis of the social, cultural, and political factors that shaped the lives of women during the Renaissance, and the challenges they faced in their struggle for equality. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : René Maulde-La-Clavière
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037308942

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The Women of the Renaissance by René Maulde-La-Clavière Pdf

Author : Mary Spongberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350317505

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Writing Women's History Since the Renaissance by Mary Spongberg Pdf

The complaint of Catherine Morland in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, that history has 'hardly any women at all' is not an uncommon one. Yet there is evidence to suggest that women have engaged in historical writing since ancient times. This study traces the history of women's historical writing, reclaiming the lives of individual women historians, recovering women's historical writings from the past and focusing on how gender has shaped the genre of history. Mary Spongberg brings together for the first time an extensive survey of the progress of women's historical writing from the Renaissance to the present, demonstrating the continuities between women's historical writings in the past and the development of a distinctly woman-centred historiography. Writing Women's History since the Renaissance also examines the relationship between women's history and the development of feminist consciousness, suggesting that the study of history has alerted women to their unequal status and enabled them to use history to achieve women's rights. Whether feminist or anti-feminist, women who have had their historical writings published have served as role models for women seeking a voice in the public sphere and have been instrumental in encouraging the growth of a feminist discourse.

Author : L. De Maulde,R. LaClaviere
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1976-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0849028353

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The Women of the Renaissance by L. De Maulde,R. LaClaviere Pdf

Author : Mary D. Garrard
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781789142396

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Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe by Mary D. Garrard Pdf

An accessible introduction to the life of the seventeenth-century's most celebrated women artists, now in paperback. Artemisia Gentileschi is by far the most famous woman artist of the premodern era. Her art addressed issues that resonate today, such as sexual violence and women’s problematic relationship to political power. Her powerful paintings with vigorous female protagonists chime with modern audiences, and she is celebrated by feminist critics and scholars. This book breaks new ground by placing Gentileschi in the context of women’s political history. Mary D. Garrard, noted Gentileschi scholar, shows that the artist most likely knew or knew about contemporary writers such as the Venetian feminists Lucrezia Marinella and Arcangela Tarabotti. She discusses recently discovered paintings, offers fresh perspectives on known works, and examines the artist anew in the context of feminist history. This beautifully illustrated book gives for the first time a full portrait of a strong woman artist who fought back through her art.

Author : R. De Maulde La Claviere,George Herbert Ely
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1497911885

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Women of the Renaissance by R. De Maulde La Claviere,George Herbert Ely Pdf

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1900 Edition.

Author : Rene Maulde-La-Claviere
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1011467003

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The Women Of The Renaissance: A Study Of Feminism by Rene Maulde-La-Claviere Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : George Herbert 1866-1958 Ely,R. De (Rene) 1848 Maulde-La-Claviere
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1371757860

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WOMEN OF THE RENAISSANCE A STU by George Herbert 1866-1958 Ely,R. De (Rene) 1848 Maulde-La-Claviere Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Dympna Callaghan
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1403992126

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The Impact of Feminism in English Renaissance Studies by Dympna Callaghan Pdf

If the first phase of feminist criticism of English Renaissance studies unduly stressed women's victimization, the revisionist trend, this collection argues, is in denial about gender inequality altogether. This exciting volume represents the newest, post-revisionist phase of feminist criticism, which tries to integrate the vital insights of both earlier phases of scholarship and to establish a more accurate and nuanced picture of women's relation to early modern English culture. Features an Afterword by Gail Kern Paster and contributions from Jean Howard, Kate Chedgzoy and Grace Ioppolo, amongst others.

Author : Marilyn Migiel,Juliana Schiesari
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 080149771X

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Refiguring Woman by Marilyn Migiel,Juliana Schiesari Pdf

Refiguring Woman reassesses the significance of gender in what has been considered the bastion of gender-neutral humanist thought, the Italian Renaissance. It brings together eleven new essays that investigate key topics concerning the hermeneutics and political economy of gender and the relationship between gender and the Renaissance canon. Taken together, they call into question a host of assumptions about the period, revealing the implicit and explicit misogyny underlying many Renaissance social and discursive practices.

Author : R. De Maulde-la-Clavière
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-02
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1330555503

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The Women of the Renaissance by R. De Maulde-la-Clavière Pdf

Excerpt from The Women of the Renaissance: A Study of Feminism No mere translator can hope to preserve the style of his original, and herein M. de Maulde is bound to suffer more than most writers. There is no one to whom Buffon's phrase, Le style est l'homme meme, may be more justly applied. His work is .absolutely himself; it derives from his original personality and his wide and sure learning an historical value and a literary charm almost unique. He is a wit with the curiosity and patience of the scholar, and a scholar with the temperament of the artist. The sparkle and humour of his conversation are crystallised in his letters, the charming expression of a large and generous nature. Trained at the Ecole des Chartes, M. de Maulde held for a few years an appointment in the prefectoral administration. But his tastes drew him rather to history than to politics. In 1886 he founded the Societe d'Histoire diplomatique, of which he has been the life and soul, and which owes its success mainly to his activity and enthusiasm. He is the founder also of the Congres internationaux d'histoire, of which the first was held at the Hague in the summer of 1898, when official delegates from all the great countries of the world met amicably to discuss international relations in the cold light of scientific history. For many years he has been a member of our Royal Society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."