Selected writings of an eighteenth-century Venetian woman of letters [electronic resource] / Elisabetta Caminer Turra ; edited and translated by Catherine M. Sama.

By:

Caminer Turra, Elisabetta, 1751-1796

Contributor(s):

Sama, Catherine M

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Other voice in early modern EuropePublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xxxv, 234 p.) : illISBN:

9780226817699 (electronic bk.)
0226817695 (electronic bk.)
9780226817675 (alk. paper)
0226817679 (alk. paper)
9780226817682 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226817687 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Uniform titles:

Selections. English. 2003

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Selected writings of an eighteenth-century Venetian woman of letters.DDC classification:

858/.609 21

LOC classification:

PQ4684.C44 A27 2003eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Summary: Elisabetta Caminer Turra (1751-96) was one of the most prominent women in eighteenth-century Italy and a central figure in the international "Republic of Letters." A journalist and publisher, Caminer participated in important debates on capital punishment, freedom of the press, and the abuse of clerical power. She also helped spread Enlightenment ideas into Italy by promoting and publishing Voltaire's latest works and translating new European plays-plays she herself directed, to great applause, on Venetian stages. . Bringing together Caminer's letters, poems, and journalistic writing.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-224) and index.

Elisabetta Caminer Turra (1751-96) was one of the most prominent women in eighteenth-century Italy and a central figure in the international "Republic of Letters." A journalist and publisher, Caminer participated in important debates on capital punishment, freedom of the press, and the abuse of clerical power. She also helped spread Enlightenment ideas into Italy by promoting and publishing Voltaire's latest works and translating new European plays-plays she herself directed, to great applause, on Venetian stages. . Bringing together Caminer's letters, poems, and journalistic writing.

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Selected writings of an eighteenth-century Venetian woman of letters [electronic resource] / Elisabetta Caminer Turra ; edited and translated by Catherine M. Sama.