Feminism in Disguise: Isotta Nogarola’s Defense of Eve (1451) (CROSBI ID 65767)
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Gabrielli, Francesca Maria
engleski
Feminism in Disguise: Isotta Nogarola’s Defense of Eve (1451)
The humanist scholar Isotta Nogarola (1418- 1466) contributed to the philogynist side of the Renaissance debate on women (querelle des femmes) both in her early and in her mature production. After discussing a defensio mulierum passage from Nogarola’s letterbook (1436 or 1437), this essay presents a reading of the carefully orchestrated defense of the first woman that the Veronese humanist scholar crafted in her major work commonly known as the Dialogue on Adam and Eve (1451). The Latin dialogue in question can be read as a sophisticated revision of the scriptural representation of humankind’s mother, one that simultaneously accepts and resists the stereotype of female inferiority, ultimately serving as an avenue both for Nogarola’s self- authorization and for her feminist advocacy. The aim of this essay is to show the subtle ways in which Isotta Nogarola legitimated her own intellectual and spiritual pursuits, as well as womankind’s desire for knowledge and spiritual perfection, by way of reinterpreting the biblical figure of Eve.
Isotta Nogarola ; biblical women ; Eve
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Podaci o prilogu
115-148.
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Podaci o knjizi
Disrupting Historicity, Reclaiming the Future
Carotenuto, Silvana ; Gabrielli, Francesca Maria ; Jambrešić Kirin, Renata
Napulj: UniorPress
2019.
978-953-8089-29-9