Paternal tyranny
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...
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2004
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Edition: | 1st ed |
Series: | Other voice in early modern Europe
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