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jewish poet and intellectual in seventeenth century venice the works of sarra copia sulam in verse and prose along with writings of her contemporaries in her praise condemnation or defense
p the first jewish woman to leave her mark as a writer and intellectual sarra copia sulam 1600 41 was doubly tainted in the eyes of early modern society by her religion and her gender . this remarkable woman who until now has been relatively neglected by modern scholarship was a unique figure in italian cultural life opening her home in the venetian ghetto to jews and christians alike as a literary salon . p for this bilingual edition don harran has collected all of sulams previously scattered writings letters sonnets a manifesto into a single volume . harran has also assembled all extant correspondence and poetry that was addressed to sulam as well as all known contemporary references to her making them available to anglophone readers for the first time . featuring rich biographical and historical notes that place sulam in her cultural context this volume will provide readers with insight into the thought and creativity of a woman who dared to express herself in the male dominated overwhelmingly catholic venice of her time .