Renaissance Feminism: Literary Texts and Political Models

Constance Jordan

Published by Cornell University Press 1990

Renaissance Feminism

Literary Texts and Political Models

Constance Jordan

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501721847

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Considering a wide range of Renaissance works of nonfiction, Jordan asserts that feminism as a mode of thought emerged as early as the fifteenth century in Italy, and that the main arguments for the social equality of the sexes were common in the...

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Constance Jordan is Professor of English at Claremont Graduate School. She is the author of Renaissance Feminism: Literary Texts and Political Models and Shakespeare's Monarchies: Ruler and Subject in the Romances, both from Cornell.

Reviews

Ann Rosalind Jones, Smith College:

This is new and exciting scholarship.... Jordan's broad but incisive coverage of pan-European debates about women and political order demonstrates how gender as a category of analysis sharpens the study of social, thought in general. An admirable book, meaty and provocatively argued.

Renaissance Feminism is a very positive book; it should contribute mightily to the better understanding of 'social codes' and the oppression and self-expression of women in fifteenth-century Italy and all across Europe in the Sixteenth Century.

As a resource for those interested in the intersection of textual representations and material life,... Renaissance Feminism's rich portrayal of representations of women will prove invaluable.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
A Note on Texts and Editorial Practices Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Terms of the Debate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. Woman and Natural Law Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
3. Sex and Gender Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
4. Equality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 384
Keywords: Medieval & Renaissance Studies; Gender Studies; Literary Studies

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Published: August 6, 2018
ISBN: 9781501721847