Lucrezia Marinella's works, reassessed

The essays in this volume offer a comprehensive assessment of Lucrezia Marinella's works from a literary perspective. Connecting this Venetian woman writer with her historical and cultural frame, the authors consider the many works she penned and published, going beyond the separation between religious and lay topics that continues to mark the Italian tradition. Marinella emerges as a powerful voice that invites readers to concentrate on the individual and simultaneously expand our perspective chronologically and culturally.