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Women Latin poets : language, gender, and authority, from antiquity to the eighteenth century / Jane Stevenson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stevenson, Jane, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latin poetry, Medieval and modern--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Latin poetry, Medieval and modern.
- Latin poetry--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Latin poetry.
- Women--Europe--Intellectual life.
- Women.
- Feminism and literature--Europe.
- Feminism and literature.
- Women and literature--Europe.
- Women and literature.
- Authority in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 659 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This investigation of educated women in pre-modern Europe, based entirely on original archival research in 12 countries, brings to light an unsuspected treasure trove of women's writings in Latin. It prompts a re-evaluation of women's access to education in that period. All texts are translated.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [596]-616) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-19027-6
- 0-19-151858-1
- 9786611190279
- 1-4356-2055-0
- OCLC:
- 1027191726
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