| Description |
1 online resource (283 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies Series |
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Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies Series
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| Contents |
Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- A Note to the Reader -- Introduction -- Notes -- 1. Gender, Aesthetics, and the Public in Venice -- Renier Michiel and Teotochi Albrizzi's Social and Intellectual Circles -- The Complementary Sex -- Sentimental Education -- The Woman Mediator -- Notes -- 2. Women Writing Portraits -- The Making of a Venetian Woman of Letters -- Unravelling the Human Heart -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3. Editing and Interpreting Character in the Theatre -- Shakespeare in Venice -- Mediator as Editor |
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Translation and Character -- Defending Mirra -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4. The Value of the Female Dilettante -- Canova's Popularizers -- The Matron's Gaze -- Male Friends in Mixed Networks -- Giustina Renier Michiel and Art Criticism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5. Women and History -- History and Popular Education -- Accommodating French Occupation -- Becoming an Established Writer -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Manuscript Primary Sources -- Printed Primary Sources -- Printed Secondary Sources -- Index |
| Summary |
Gender, Mediation and Popular Education in Venice, 1760-1830 examines how women with enough cultural capital could turn their identity as representatives of ""the public"" - those on the receiving end of education - to their advantage, producing knowledge under the guise of relaying it |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Intellectual life.
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Intellectual life
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000885996 |
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1000885992 |
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