Representation of Women in Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Texts

• Author(s): Maria C. Pastore Passaro,
• Publisher: E. Mellen Press
• Pages: 215
• ISBN_10: 0773462937
  ISBN_13: 9780773462939
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / General , Poetry / General ,

Description:... This work explores the discussion of the idealization of women in medieval and Renaissance texts. This book has three main goals: to show textual connections between literary masterpieces (and thus, delineate a literary history from within the texts) in order to show how authors consciously or unconsciously interact with one another regardless of time and boundaries; to present biographical and autobiographical heroines, their work and legacy; and finally to grasp man's imaginary world of women.