Acknowledgments ix Introduction Julie D. Campbell and Maria Galli Stampino 1 Part 1: Contexts and the Canon 1. Contexts and Canonical Authors Julie D. Campbell and Maria Galli Stampino 17 2. Christian Feminine Virtue in Silvio Antoniano's Three Books on the Christian Education of Children Julie D. Campbell 59 3. Stefano Guazzo's Civil conversatione and the querelle des femmes Julie D. Campbell 73 4.

Alessandro Piccolomini's Raffaella: A Parody of Women's Behavior and Men's Dialogues Maria Galli Stampino 89 Part 2: Cases 5. Torquato Tasso: Discourse on Feminine and Womanly Virtue Lori J. Ultsch 115 6. Giuseppe Passi's Attacks on Women in The Defects of Women Suzanne Magnanini with David Lamari 143 7. Love as Centaur: Rational Man, Animal Woman in Sperone Speroni's Dialogue on Love Janet L. Smarr 195 8. Francesco Andreini: "On Taking a Wife" Julie D. Campbell 265 9.

Dishonoring Courtesans in Early Modern Italy: The poesia puttanesca of Anton Francesco Grazzini, Nicolò Franco, and Maffio Venier Patrizia Bettella 289 10. Giulia Bigolina and Pietro Aretino's Letters Christopher Nissen 313 11. Centrality and Liminality in Bernardino Ochino's "Sermon Preached. on the Feast Day of St. Mary Magdalen" Maria Galli Stampino 325 Bibliography Select List of Male-Authored Texts in Translation 349 Primary Sources 357 Secondary Sources 365 Notes on Contributors 376 Index 379.