Moral Combat: Women, Gender, and War in Italian Renaissance Literature
Awards:   Commended for 2017 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award (Italian Literary Studies). 2017 (United States) Commended for <P>2017 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award (Italian Literary Studies).</P> 2017 (United States)
Author:   Gerry Milligan
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
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9781487503147


Pages:   277
Publication Date:   09 April 2018
Format:   Hardback
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  • Commended for 2017 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award (Italian Literary Studies). 2017 (United States)
  • Commended for <P>2017 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award (Italian Literary Studies).</P> 2017 (United States)

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Author:   Gerry Milligan
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.670kg
ISBN:  

9781487503147


ISBN 10:   1487503148
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   09 April 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction The Philosophical History of the Armed Woman The Poetic and the Real: The Chivalric-Epic Commentary of the Armed Woman Women Writers Demanding Warrior Masculinity: Catherine of Siena, Laura Terracina, Chiara Matraini and sabella Cervoni Illustrious Warring Women: From Plutarch to Boccaccio The Noble Warrior Woman (1440-1550) The Fame of Women and the Infamy of Men in the Age of Warring Queens (1550-1600) Conclusion

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Milligan's rich and dynamic investigation forges new intellectual approaches and offers important new insights to the study of women, gender, and war in the Italian Renaissance. -- Victoria G. Fanti, John Hopkins University * gender/sexuality/italy, 5 (2018) *


"""Milligan’s rich and dynamic investigation forges new intellectual approaches and offers important new insights to the study of women, gender, and war in the Italian Renaissance."" -- Victoria G. Fanti, John Hopkins University * gender/sexuality/italy, 5 (2018) * ""Milligan offers a very detailed, well-documented, and illuminating study on gender and war in Renaissance Italy, and brilliantly illustrates how the proliferation of textual representations of warrior women impacted the culture, society, and moral norms of that age."" -- Lilia Campana, Texas A&M University * <em>Renaissance Quarterly</em> *"


Milligan's rich and dynamic investigation forges new intellectual approaches and offers important new insights to the study of women, gender, and war in the Italian Renaissance. -- Victoria G. Fanti, John Hopkins University * gender/sexuality/italy, 5 (2018) * Milligan offers a very detailed, well-documented, and illuminating study on gender and war in Renaissance Italy, and brilliantly illustrates how the proliferation of textual representations of warrior women impacted the culture, society, and moral norms of that age. -- Lilia Campana, Texas A&M University * <em>Renaissance Quarterly</em> *


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Gerry Milligan is an associate professor at the College of Staten Island-CUNY.

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