Discourse to Lady Lavinia His Daughter (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe)
Contributors: Peggy Osborn (Translator)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: June 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780226310534
Subjects: Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; Social history; Women's studies; c 1500 to c 1600; History; Philosophy; History: World; Italy; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; General; Guasco, Lavinia; Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Conduct of life; Courtesy; Courts and courtiers; Early works to 1900; Women
First sentence: Readers of the present series may be surprised to discover, when they come to this particular volume, that the voice addressing us here is neither that of a woman nor in any obvious sense a defense of the female sex.