Buy this book on-line Moutzan-Martinengou, Elisavet : My StoryUniversity of Georgia Press, Baltimore, 1989 ISBN 0820311251
Translation of the autobiography of Elizabeth Moutzan - Martinegou (1801-1832) who was the first woman novelist in modern Greece, but who never saw her work published in her lifetime. The "Autobiography" is of a young woman of the bourgeoisie in the Ionian Islands [Zakynthos] not able to take part in the intellectual life of the town but forced to live in seclusion in her father's house What is remarkable is that she taught herself to write in Greek, Italian and French at a time when girls were not given any education except in domestic skills.. Illustr.: Trans. Helen Dendrinou Kolias. Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: As New Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Moutzan-Martinengou, Elisavet : My Story. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, first editions, collectables, incunabula and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |