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First published in 1600 in answer to Giusepe Passi's diatribe about women's alleged defects, this polemic displays Lucrezia Marinella's knowledge of the Italian poetic tradition and demonstrates her ability to argue against authors of the misogynist tradition from Boccaccio to Torquato Tasso.

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    A Paperback / softback by Lucrezia Marinella, Anne Dunhill

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/01/2000
      ISBN13: 9780226505466, 978-0226505466
      ISBN10: 0226505464
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      Book Synopsis
      First published in 1600 in answer to Giusepe Passi's diatribe about women's alleged defects, this polemic displays Lucrezia Marinella's knowledge of the Italian poetic tradition and demonstrates her ability to argue against authors of the misogynist tradition from Boccaccio to Torquato Tasso.

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