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

Griffin, Susan

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ISBN 10: 0767904516 ISBN 13: 9780767904513

Casa editrice: Crown, 2002

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. Reprint.

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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

L'autore:

The author of more than twenty books, Susan Griffin has won dozens of awards for her work as a feminist, poet, writer, essayist, playwright, and filmmaker. Her bookA 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 toMs. magazine, The New York Times Book Review, and numerous other publications. She lives in Berkeley, California.

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• Editore: Crown
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0767904516
• ISBN 13: 9780767904513
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288