Women's Letters Across Europe, 1400-1700: Form and Persuasion

by Jane Couchman

In response to a growing interest, among historians as well as literary critics, in women's use of the epistolary genre, Women's Letters Across Europe, 1400-1700: Form and Persuasion analyzes persuasive techniques in the personal correspondence of late medieval and early modern women. It includes studies of well-known women (Isabella d'Este, Teresa of Avila, Marguerite de Navarre, Catherine de Medicis), of those less-known (Alessandra Macigni Strozzi,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075465107X
• ISBN13: 9780754651079
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.