Collected letters of a Renaissance feminist /
transcribed, translated, and edited by Diana Robin.
- Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, �1997.
- 1 online resource (xxv, 216 pages).
- The other voice in early modern Europe .
- Other voice in early modern Europe. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index.
Autobiography -- Women and society -- Marriage and mourning -- Woman to woman -- The public lectures -- Dialogue on the death of an ass.
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.