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[ SOLD OUT ] RUMMEL, E., (ed.), The Erasmus Reader. [Selection of large extracts from the Collected Works of Erasmus]. University of Toronto Press, Toronto (...), 1990. 376p. Paperback. 'Although the texts in this collection are by a single author, they offer a kaleidoscope of views current in the Renaissance. Erasmus' comments on women range from ad hoc remarks in his letters to lengtjy treatises on marriage and widowhood, form liverly dialogues with a mixed cast of virgins and mothers, housewives and harlots, to a funeral oration for a matriarch. Because Erasmus appropriates a variety of voices, the texts offer a mixture of traditional and progressive thought.' (E. RUMMEL in the Introduction, p.3). (Antiquarian) (approx. delivery time: undeliverable)