A study of female beauty in Italian literature in the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries

This study considers aspects of the presentation, iconography and visualisation of women in Italian prose and poetry in the period 1230 to 1330. it explores female beauty in both its appearance and its impact upon the beholder. Though the study focuses mainly on literary sources, other kinds of hist...

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Main Author: Norman, Nicoletta Anna Sonia
Published: University College London (University of London) 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.500321

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