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Engendering the Republic of Letters

Reconnecting Public and Private Spheres in Eighteenth-Century Europe

by (author) Susan Dalton

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2004
Category
Letters
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773526181
    Publish Date
    Feb 2004
    List Price
    $125.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773571525
    Publish Date
    Feb 2004
    List Price
    $95.00

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Being women provided them with a particular perspective, expressed first-hand through their letters. Dalton shows how Lespinasse, Roland, Renier Michiel, and Mosconi grappled with differences of ideology, social status, and community, often through networks that mixed personal and professional relations, thus calling into question the actual separation between public and private spheres. Building on the work of Dena Goodman and Daniel Gordon, Dalton shows how a variety of conflicts were expressed in everyday life and sheds new light on Venice as an important eighteenth-century cultural centre.

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Université de Montréal

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