Margaret F. Rosenthal

Study of the life and work of the Venetian courtesan and writer Veronica Franco (1546-1591), who worked within the literary traditions of 16th-century Venice. The author analyses her poems and letters, and sketches the historical background. Adaptation of Rosenthal's dissertation.

Veronica Franco, Citizen and Writer in Sixteenth-Century Venice

The Honest Courtesan

Ann Rosalind Jones

Cesare Vecellio

A tour de force of scholarship and book production: an essential reference for anyone interested in costume history, Renaissance studies, theater, and ethnography.

Margaret F. Rosenthal

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