The Honest Courtesan: Veronica Franco, Citizen and Writer in Sixteenth-Century Venice
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780226728117 (0226728110)
Publish date: February 1st 1993
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Pages no: 408
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Reference,
Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
Feminism,
Sexuality,
Research,
Womens Studies,
16th Century
Series: Women in Culture and Society
A very good, if somewhat dry, biography about Veronica Franco, a courtesan of sixteenth century Venice. Not for everyone. The poetry is gorgeous, though, and very moving. This was turned into the movie Dangerous Beauty. Five stars.
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