Angelica's Book and the World of Reading in Late Renaissance Italy

by Brendan Dooley

Book Overview

Through the lens of a history of material culture mediated by an object, Angelica's Book and the World of Reading in Late Renaissance Italy investigates aspects of women's lives, culture, ideas and the history of the book in early modern Italy.

Inside a badly damaged copy of Straparola's 16th-century work, Piacevoli Notti, acquired in a Florentine antique shop in 2010, an inscription is found, attributing ownership to a certain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147427031X
• ISBN13: 9781474270311
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"