A Corresponding Renaissance: Letters Written by Italian Women 1375-1650, Edited and translated by Lisa Kaborycha, Oxford University Press, 2016
“The book succeeds in recapturing the enjoyment of this long-lost literary genre by compiling letters that are both interesting for their content and lucid in their English translation. It is, in short, a pleasure to read.”
—European History Quarterly
“This collection offers a vibrant introduction to the world of Renaissance Italy, and especially to the women and their lives.”
—Ann E. Moyer, University of Pennsylvania
“This is a marvelous new resource for scholars and students alike.” —Margaret Meserve, University of Notre Dame
“[O]ne of the most vivid, informative, and touching pictures of the Italian Renaissance and its seventeenth-century aftermath that I have ever had the pleasure to read.” —Judith Rice Henderson, The Sixteenth Century Journal
“This excellent anthology of Renaissance Italian women’s letters will be interesting and helpful to those teaching and researching women’s history: women’s letter-writing but also the many aspects of the lives of early modern women revealed in their letters, relevant to non-Italian as well as Italian women. The wide range of subjects and individuals covered will lend itself to making selections to complement other readings and other parts of a course.”
—Renaissance Quarterly
“A Corresponding Renaissance proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Italian women were remarkable writers and that their letters are invaluable entry points into the dynamics of patronage, family, religion, and politics during one of the most exciting periods of Italian history.”
—Jane Tylus, New York University