In continuous expectation: Isabella d'Este's reign of letters

"A monograph study of the correspondence (1490-1539) of Isabella d'Este (1474-1539), daughter of the Este princes of Ferrara and marchesa of Mantua. Because her letters are so numerous, so wide ranging, and so explicit about their own production and circulation, this book is also, by exten...

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1. Verfasser: Shemek, Deanna 1958- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Toronto Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies 2021
Schriftenreihe:Essays and studies 46
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Zusammenfassung:"A monograph study of the correspondence (1490-1539) of Isabella d'Este (1474-1539), daughter of the Este princes of Ferrara and marchesa of Mantua. Because her letters are so numerous, so wide ranging, and so explicit about their own production and circulation, this book is also, by extension, a book about postal communication in sixteenth-century Europe. In examining Isabella d'Este's letters as both documentary evidence and scripted performance, In Conspicuous Expectation proposes a view of the early modern letter as a technology: a tool and a medium not only for investigating, persuading, and reporting, but also for the circulation of the writer's persona within the many speech acts letters are designed to perform. Isabella d'Este was an extraordinary figure, for many reasons. Her letters are presented here not only as vehicles for the activities and personal expression of one, remarkable woman, but also as examples of a shared epistolary culture in which both men and women participated and that rewards the attention of anyone interested in the values, practices, concerns, and indeed the people of Renaissance Italy. Places: Ferrara, Mantua, Italy. Historical characters: Isabella d'Este (1474-1539); Francesco II Gonzaga (1466-1519); Federico II Gonzaga (1500-1540)."--
Beschreibung:214 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:9780772725240
0772725241

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