The Publisher Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, Female Readers, and the Debate about Women in Sixteenth-Century Italy.

The article investigates the strategies used by 16th century Italian publisher Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari to appeal to a female readership in books relating to the controversy about women in Giovanni Boccaccio's works. The author traces the shift in Giolito's interest from literature defending wome...

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Published in:	Renaissance & Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 5 - 33
Main Author:	Dialeti, Androniki
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Iter Canada Autumn2004
Subjects:	Giolito de' Ferrari, Gabriel Publishing Women & literature Devotional literature Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 Italy
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