Acknowledgments; Series Editors'Introduction; Volume Editor's Introduction; Volume Editor's Bibliography; Paternal Tyranny; Dedication; Book One; Book Two; Book Three; Appendix One: Arcangela Tarabotti; Appendix Two: Ferrante Pallavicino; Series Editors'Bibliography; Index
Summary
Sharp-witted and sharp-tongued, Arcangela Tarabotti (1604-52) yearned to be formally educated and enjoy an independent life in Venetian literary circles. But instead, at sixteen, her father forced her into a Benedictine convent. To protest her confinement, Tarabotti composed polemical works exposing the many injustices perpetrated against women of her day. Paternal Tyranny, the first of these works, is a fiery but carefully argued manifesto against the oppression of women by the Venetian patriarchy. Denouncing key misogynist texts of the era, Tarabotti shows how despicable it was for Venice, a
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-36) and index
