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Description edit
Renaissance writer Laura Cereta (1469–1499) presents feminist issues in a predominantly male venue—the humanist autobiography in the form of personal letters. Cereta's works circulated widely in Italy during the early modern era, but her complete letters have never before been published in... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Laura Cereta: Add a description of this character.
- Tom
- Rabil
- Cassandra Fedele
- Fortuna
- Pietro Serina
- Alexander
- Virgil
- Alberto Degli Alberti
- Diana Robin
- Christine De Pizan
- Horace
- Valerius Maximus
- Cicero
- Troy
- Thomas
- Megaera
- Salutati
- Margaret L. King
- Ferrara
- Semiramis
- Martha
- Zenobia
- Darius
- Lucretia
- Tadino
- Augustine
Setting & Locations edit
- Boccaccio
- Storia Di Brescia
- Rome
- Italy
- Venice
- Petrarch
- Princeton
- Ithaca
- Jupiter
- Athens
- Milan
- Spain
- Nazaria Olympica
- Africa
- Chiari
- Hades
- New York
- Mourning
- Europe
- Cendrata
- Asia
- Sicily
- Cremona
- Verona
- Santa Pelegrina
- Vatican
- Persia
- Chicago
- Macedonia
- Constantinople
- Pliny
- Padua
First Sentence edit
Cereta's only letter to Nazaria Olympica, a friend and mentor she calls "sister," is presented at the head of this edition of her collected letters because a discussion of its themes is essential to an understanding of Cereta and her art.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Laura Cereta (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 001.3092
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Europe › Italy › Medieval
- Books › Nonfiction › Women's Studies › Feminist Theory
- Books › History › World › Renaissance
- Books › Nonfiction › Women's Studies › History
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences
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