Texts from the Querelle, 1521-1615: Essential Works for the Study of Early Modern Women: Series III, Part Two, Volume 1

by Pamela J Benson

Misogyny and its opposite, philogyny, have been perennial topics in Western literature from its earliest days to the present day, but only at certain historic periods have pro-woman authors challenged fundamental negative assumptions about women by engaging in formal debate with misogynists and juxtaposing these two attitudes toward women in pairs or series of texts devoted exclusively to discussing womankind. This dialectic of attack on and defence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138378720
• ISBN13: 9781138378728
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.3"