Title The invention of the Renaissance woman : the challenge of female independence in the literature and thought of Italy and England / Pamela Joseph Benson

Published University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [1992] ©1992

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Description x, 325 pages ; 23 cm Contents Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris : an ambiguous beginning -- From praise to paradox : the first Italian defenses of women -- The literary containment of the independent woman : Capella and Castiglione -- The debate about woman in the Orlando furioso -- Praise and limitation of the independent woman in the Orlando furioso -- The new ideal in England : Thomas More, Juan Luis Vives, and Richard Hyrde -- Virtue and politics in Sir Thomas Elyot's The defence of good women -- The popular controversy in England -- The defense of female regiment : practical politics -- Praise and defense of woman in The faerie queene -- Praise and defense of the queen in The faerie queene Analysis Feminism and literature Women - England - History - Renaissance, 1450-1600 Women - Italy - History - Renaissance, 1450-1600 Notes English Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-318) and index Subject Comparative literature -- English and Italian. Comparative literature -- Italian and English. English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. Feminism and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century. Feminism and literature -- Italy -- History. Feminism and literature -- Italy. Italian literature -- 15th century -- History and criticism. Italian literature -- 16th century -- History and criticism. Women and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century. Women and literature -- Italy -- History. Women and literature -- Italy. Women in literature. Women -- England -- History -- Renaissance, 1450-1600. Women -- Italy -- History -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 LC no. 91022934 ISBN 0271008121 0271008148 (paperback)

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