The Honest Courtesan by Margaret F Rosenthal

The Honest Courtesan by Margaret F Rosenthal

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Summary

The Venetian courtesan has long captured the imagination as a female symbol of sexual license. What then to make of the honest courtesan, who recast virtue as intellectual integrity. Veronico Franco was such a woman and this text reveals in her writing a passionate support for defedeless women.

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The Honest Courtesan by Margaret F Rosenthal

The Venetian courtesan has long captured the imagination as a female symbol of sexual license. What then to make of the honest courtesan, who recast virtue as intellectual integrity. Veronico Franco was such a woman and this text reveals in her writing a passionate support for defedeless women.
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ISBN 13 9780226728124
ISBN 10 0226728129
Title The Honest Courtesan
Author Margaret F Rosenthal
Series Women In Culture And Society
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Year published 1993-02-01
Number of pages 408
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