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Zusatztext "This is an important monograph for anyone who studies the education of early modern women. Van Schurman is not as well known as other women writers from this period! thus this work allows us a penetrating look into her life! education! devotions! and friendships! all of which shaped her work. This is a deeply affecting and meticulously researched book." - Erica Bastress-Dukehart! Skidmore College! USA"Larsen's study of the Star of Utrecht is carefully researched and well organized. The author has thoroughly mined Van Schurman's extensive correspondence and provides a deep and meticulous analysis of her vision of education for women. In doing so! she has highlighted one of the lesser-known aspects of Van Schurman's thought. Scholars of early modern ideas and letters will find this to be a very illuminating book indeed." - Christine Kooi! Louisiana State University! USA Informationen zum Autor Anne R. Larsen is the Lavern '39 and Betty DePree '41 Van Kley Professor of French at Hope College! USA. She has edited (and co-edited) books on Renaissance and seventeenth-century women writers! including Early Modern Women and Transnational Communities of Letters (2009). Klappentext Dutch Golden Age scholar Anna Maria van Schurman was widely regarded throughout the seventeenth century as the most learned woman of her age. This book features her letters in several languages to the intellectual men and women of her time reveals her interests in theology! philosophy! medicine! literature! numismatics! painting! and more. Zusammenfassung Dutch Golden Age scholar Anna Maria van Schurman was widely regarded throughout the seventeenth century as the most learned woman of her age. This book features her letters in several languages to the intellectual men and women of her time reveals her interests in theology, philosophy, medicine, literature, numismatics, painting, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The savante in historical context; A star is born: the education and fame of a savante; The savante! the theologian! and the philosopher; Defending the savante; Translating the savante; Publishing the savante; Reception in France; Reception in England; Epilogue; Appendices; Bibliography; Index. ...
