The Venetian courtesan has long captured the imagination as a female symbol of sexual license. What then to make of the honest courtesan, who recast virtue as intellectual integrity. Veronico Franco was such a woman and this text reveals in her writing a passionate support for defedeless women.


Format Häftad Omfång 408 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag The University of Chicago Press Utgivningsdatum 1993-02-01 ISBN 9780226728124