Engendering the republic of letters : reconnecting public and private spheres in eighteenth-century Europe / Susan Dalton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dalton, Susan, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French letters--Women authors--History and criticism.

French letters.

Italian letters--Women authors--History and criticism.

Italian letters.

French prose literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

French prose literature.

Italian prose literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Italian prose literature.

Upper class women--France--Correspondence.

Upper class women.

Upper class women--Italy--Venice--Correspondence.

Upper class women--France--Intellectual life.

Upper class women--Italy--Venice--Intellectual life.

Upper class women--France--Political activity--History--18th century.

Upper class women--Italy--Venice--Political activity--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

ix, 206 p. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Being women provided them with a particular perspective, expressed first-hand through their letters. Dalton shows how Lespinasse, Roland, Renier Michiel, and Mosconi grappled with differences of ideology, social status, and community, often through networks that mixed personal and professional relations, thus calling into question the actual separation between public and private spheres. Building on the work of Dena Goodman and Daniel Gordon, Dalton shows how a variety of conflicts were expressed in everyday life and sheds new light on Venice as an important eighteenth-century cultural centre.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Elite Women in the Eighteenth Century

“The Most Excellent Men of the Century”: Julie de Lespinasse and Friendship in the Republic of Letters

Marie-Jeanne Roland, Woman Patriot

“Forging News According to Everyone’s Divergent Passions”: Giustina Renier Michiel in Venice

Elisabetta Mosconi Contarini: Veronese Matriarch and Woman of Letters

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Universite de Montreal, 1999).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-201) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86154-9

9786612861543

0-7735-7152-3

OCLC:

929120736