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Virtuous Ladies and Melancholic "Geniuses": A Study of Gender-Based Creativity in Italy During the Early Modern Period

This thesis examines expressions of self-identity used by creative men and women in early modern Italy (ca. 1450-1650). Self-fashioning strategies were based upon contested notions of melancholy, genius, virtue and decorum which were profoundly influenced by ancient and medieval intellectual traditions ... . / Graduate / 0377 / 0453

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/4529
Date18 April 2013
CreatorsGlenn, Laurie
ContributorsHarding, Catherine
Source SetsUniversity of Victoria
LanguageEnglish, English
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
RightsAvailable to the World Wide Web

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