The contest for knowledge : debates over women's learning in eighteenth-century Italy

Agnesi, Maria Gaetana, 1718-1799 (Added Author). Messbarger, Rebecca Marie (Added Author). Findlen, Paula (Added Author). Accademia di Padova. (Added Author).

Summary: At a time when women were generally excluded from scholarly discourse in the intellectual centers of Europe, four extraordinary female letterate proved their parity as they lectured in prominent scientific and literary academies and published in respected journals. During the Italian Enlightenment, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Giuseppa Eleonora Barbapiccola, Diamante Medaglia Faini, and Aretafila Savini de' Rossi were afforded unprecedented deference in academic debates and epitomized the increasing ability of women to influence public discourse. The Contest for Knowledge reveals how these four women.

Record details

ISBN: 9780226010564 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0226010562 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780226010540 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0226010546 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780226010557 (paper : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0226010554 (paper : alk. paper)
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (xxxi, 181 pages) : illustrations.
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2005]
Copyright: ©2005

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Giuseppa Eleonora Barbapiccola -- The Academy of the Ricovrati -- Aretafila Savini de' Rossi -- Maria Gaetana Agnesi -- Diamante Medaglia Faini.
Language Note:	Translated into English.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.