Selected Writings of an Eighteenth-Century Venetian Woman of Letters

Klappentext Elisabetta Caminer Turra (1751-96) was one of the most prominent women in eighteenth-century Italy and a central figure in the international "Republic of Letters." A journalist and publisher! Caminer participated in important debates on capital punishment! freedom of the press! and the abuse of clerical power. She also helped spread Enlightenment ideas into Italy by promoting and publishing Voltaire's latest works and translating new European plays--plays she herself directed! to great applause! on Venetian stages.Bringing together Caminer's letters! poems! and journalistic writings! nearly all published for the first time here! "Selected Writings" offers readers an intellectual biography of this remarkable figure as well as a glimpse into her intimate correspondence with the most prominent thinkers of her day. But more important! Selected Writings provides insight into the passion that animated Caminer's fervent reflections on the complex and shifting condition of women in her society--the same passion that pushed her to succeed in the male-dominated literary professions. Zusammenfassung This volume brings together Caminer's letters! poems and journalistic writings! providing an intellectual biography of this remarkable woman! as well as a glimpse into her intimate correspondence.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Elisabetta Caminer Turra, Elisabetta/ Sama Caminer Turra, CAMINER TURRA ELISABETTA, Elisabetta Caminer Turra
• Con la collaborazione di: Catherine M. Sama (Editore), Catherine M. Sama (Traduzione), Sama Catherine M. (Traduzione)
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.2003
• EAN: 9780226817682
• ISBN: 978-0-226-81768-2
• Pagine: 232
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe; Other Voice in Early Modern Eu; The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe; Other Voice in Early Modern Europe (CHUP); The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Gender studies: women, Literary theory, Gender studies: women and girls