Sprachgesellschaften: Galante Poetinnen (Literary Societies/Literary Women: Daphnis 17, Heft 3)
Publisher: Editions Rodopi
Published: January 1989
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9789051830453
First sentence: In these passages Erasmus raised all the essential questions to which this essay on the literary relationship of a famous German humanist and a famous German woman of learning is directed: the basic problem of feminine aptitude and achievement in letters; the archetypical relationship between St. Jerome and his correspondents Paula, Eustochium, and Marcella; the place of Germany among European nations with respect to the erudita puella; and the suitability of Caritas Pirckheimer, then as now the most famous of the Bilibaldicae, for casting in this role.