![]() But more important, Selected Writings provides insight into the passion that animated Caminer’s fervent reflections on the complex and shifting condition of women in her society-the same passion that pushed her to succeed in the male-dominated literary professions. the complexities and resolutions of Marguerites writing and her world. Mary Skemp is an independent scholar who lives and teaches in Madison, Wisconsin. Marguerite de Navarre was a Renaissance princess, diplomat, and mystical poet. She also helped spread Enlightenment ideas into Italy by promoting and publishing Voltaire’s latest works and translating new European plays-plays she herself directed, to great applause, on Venetian stages.īringing together Caminer’s letters, poems, and journalistic writings, nearly all published for the first time here, Selected Writings offers readers an intellectual biography of this remarkable figure as well as a glimpse into her intimate correspondence with the most prominent thinkers of her day. Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) was the sister and wife to kings and a pivotal influence in sixteenth-century France. ![]() ![]() Elisabetta Caminer Turra (1751-96) was one of the most prominent women in eighteenth-century Italy and a central figure in the international “Republic of Letters.” A journalist and publisher, Caminer participated in important debates on capital punishment, freedom of the press, and the abuse of clerical power. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |