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Sirens of La Serenissima: Creative Women and Feminist Forerunners in Early Modern Venice
Friday, February 10, 2017
6:30 PM
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò
This roundtable discussion on the remarkable tradition of early modern Venetian women’s writing features readings from works penned by courtesan Veronica Franco; dissident Baroque nun Arcangela Tarabotti; outspoken Jewish author, poet, and intellectual Sara Copia Sullam; and proto-feminist theorist Moderata Fonte.
Performers
Panelists
Meredith Ray
Lynn Westwater
Ann Rosalind Jones
Virginia Cox, Moderator
Presented by New York University / Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò.