The Book of the Courtesans: A Catalogue of Their Virtues - Rilegato

Griffin, Susan

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ISBN 10: 0767904508 ISBN 13: 9780767904506

Casa editrice: Broadway Books, 2001

Riassunto

A provocative study of the life and times of the West's first female power brokers explains how courtesans used their liaisons with some of the world's most powerful and celebrated men to give themselves an extraordinary influence, wealth, and freedom in a male-dominated world and offers profiles of these remarkable women, including Veronica Franco, Madame de Pompadour, and Marion Davies.

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Recensione:

"Provocative and compelling, filled with Susan Griffin's typically wise and beautiful writing, The Book of The Courtesans rescues from near oblivian some of history's most outrageous and audacious women."
--Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple
From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore:

The author of more than twenty books (most recently What Her Body Thought), Susan Griffin has won dozens of awards for her work as a poet, feminist writer, essayist, playwright, and filmmaker. Her book A Chorus of Stones was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The recipient of an Emmy, a MacArthur Grant, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, she is a frequent contributor to Ms. magazine, the New York Times Book Review, and numerous other publications. She lives in Berkeley, California.

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• Editore: Broadway Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0767904508
• ISBN 13: 9780767904506
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 269