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About the Author
Carolyn James is Cassamarca Associate Professor in the School of Philosophical, Historical, and International Studies at Monash University, Australia. She has edited the letters of the fifteenth century Bolognese literary figure, Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti and analysed his literary works. With Antonio Pagliaro, she translated the late-medieval letters of Margherita Datini. She has written on women's political and diplomatic roles in Renaissance Italy, as well as early modern women's relationship with letter-writing. She is presently engaged on a project focused on the Italian Wars 1494-1559, with Professor Susan Broomhall and Dr Lisa Mansfield.
Reviews
Carolyn James shows a deft and deeply knowledgeable reading of the letters and the ways in which Isabella and Francesco knew how "subtly to manipulate formulaic phrases to communicate shades of meaning" (10). Indeed, this book makes its most important contributions in investigation of the "emotional and subjective dimensions" of the Gonzaga/Este correspondence (5) * Sarah D. P. Cockram, Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal *
...this work provides an excellent overall history of the political circumstances of Mantua in the late Quattrocento and early Cinquecento. * Johanna Sinclair, Renaissance and Reformation *
at once deeply informed, perceptively analyzed, and convincingly argued in compelling prose ... [a] fascinating study * C. P. Lesley, Five Directions Press *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199681211
Author Carolyn James
Format Hardback
Page Count 226
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 21mm * 164mm * 240mm