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Republic of women : rethinking the republic of letters in the seventeenth century /

Republic of Women recaptures a lost chapter in the narrative of intellectual history. It tells the story of a transnational network of female scholars who were active members of the seventeenth-century republic of letters and demonstrates that this intellectual commonwealth was a much more eclectic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pal, Carol
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Series:Ideas in context ; 99.
Subjects:
Women scholars > Europe > History.
Literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Women > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Women scholars > History.
Literature and society > History > 17th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; REPUBLIC OF WOMEN: Rethinking the Republic of Letters in the Seventeenth Century; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Definitions and conventions; TRANSLATIONS; TRANSCRIPTIONS; SOURCES IN PRINT; ABBREVIATIONS; Prologue; Manuscripts;