TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fonte,Moderata
AU  - Cox,Virginia
TI  - The worth of women: wherein is clearly revealed their nobility and their superiority to men 
T2  - The other voice in early modern Europe
SN  - 0226256839
AV  - HQ1148 .F6513 1997eb
U1  - 305.4 21
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Chicago, Ill.
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Women
KW  - Early works to 1800
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - History
KW  - Renaissance, 1450-1600
KW  - Femmes
KW  - Ouvrages avant 1800
KW  - Conditions sociales
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 1450-1600 (Renaissance)
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Women's Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Renaissance
KW  - Vrouwen
KW  - gtt
KW  - Sekseverschillen
KW  - Frau
KW  - swd
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Early works
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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."
N2  - "Written in dialogue form, the work purportedly records a conversation among seven Venetian noblewomen of widely varying age and experience, whose discussions, though lossely unified around the theme of men's unjustifiable hostility to women and possible cures for it, range over almost every aspects of their lives."--Introduction, p.1
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