Dialogues

Resource Information

The work Dialogues represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Dialogues

Statement of responsibility

Pietro Aretino ; translated by Raymond Rosenthal ; preface by Alberto Moravia ; introduction by Margaret F. Rosenthal

Creator

• Aretino, Pietro, 1492-1556

Contributor

• Rosenthal, Raymond

Subject

• Early works
• Women -- Sexual behavior -- Early works to 1800
• FICTION -- General
• LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | Italian
• Women -- Sexual behavior
• Electronic books

Genre

• Electronic books
• Early works
• Early works to 1800

Language

• eng
• ita
• eng

Summary

"Pietro Aretino (1492-1556) was one of the most important figures in Italian Renaissance literature, and certainly the most controversial. Condemned by some as a pornographer, his infamy was due largely to the sexual explicitness and the vulgar language that characterized much of his work." "The Dialogues begins with a conversation between two frank, experienced, and sharp-tongued women on the topic of women's occupational choices in Renaissance Italy: namely those of wife, whore, and nun. Their discussion expands into a rollicking account of the advantages, perils, and pleasures each profession offers." "Not only was this the first erotic book in the Christian world to be written in everyday language, it was one of the few to describe the earthier aspects of love and sex, and is thus a cornerstone of both Italian literature and Counter-Renaissance vigour. This edition features Raymond Rosenthal's acclaimed 1971 English translation and original preface as well as a new introduction by Margaret Rosethal. Also included is Alberto Moravia's review of the 1971 edition that appeared in the New York Times Book Review."--BOOK JACKET

Member of

• Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library series
• Ragionamenti
• EBSCO eBook Public Library Collection-North America

Cataloging source

JG0

Dewey number

853

Index

no index present

LC call number

PQ4563

LC item number

.D5313 2006eb

Literary form

novels

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library series