Italy's Eighteenth Century: Gender and Culture in the Age of the Grand Tour - Hardcover

by Paula Findlen (Editor), Wendy Wassyng Roworth (Editor), Catherine M. Sama (Editor)

This volume illuminates the social and cultural landscape of eighteenth-century Italy by exploring how questions of gender in music, art, literature, science, and medicine shaped perceptions of Italy in the age of the Grand Tour.

Author Biography

Paula Findlen is Ubaldo Pierotti Professor in Italian History at Stanford University. Wendy Wassyng Roworth is Professor of Art History and Women's Studies at the University of Rhode Island. Catherine M. Sama is Associate Professor of Italian and Film Media at the University of Rhode Island.