{"product_id":"9781487542580","title":"Veronica Franco in Dialogue","description":"Author: Marilyn Migiel\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781487542580\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Jun 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 200 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the late twentieth century, the Venetian courtesan Veronica Franco has been viewed as a triumphant proto-feminist icon: a woman who celebrated her sexuality, an outspoken champion of women and their worth, and an important intellectual and cultural presence in sixteenth-century Venice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eVeronica Franco in Dialogue\u003c\/i\u003e, Marilyn Migiel provides a nuanced account of Franco's rhetorical strategies through a close analysis of her literary work. Focusing on the first fourteen poems in the \u003ci\u003eTerze rime\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of Franco's poems published in 1575, Migiel looks specifically at back-and-forth exchanges between Franco and an unknown male author. Migiel argues that in order to better understand what Franco is doing in the poetic collection, it is essential to understand how she constructs her identity as author, lover, and sex worker in relation to this unknown male author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVeronica Franco in Dialogue\u003c\/i\u003e accounts for the moments of ambivalence, uncertainty, and indirectness in Franco's poetry, as well as the polemicism and assertions of triumph. In doing so, it asks readers to consider their ideological investments in the stories we tell about early modern female authors and their cultural production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919571796126,"sku":"ING-9781487542580","price":140.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781487542580.jpg?v=1782813787","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781487542580","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}