Escribir en Venecia en el siglo XVIII

Resumo

The Enlightenment that defines the social structure in Venice in the 18th century advocates women’s participation in public life. Women get to accessing this public sphere, from their own natural needs of education, recognition and freedom, because they are able to express what they consider worthy of being told and passed on so that society itself, as the beneficiary of efforts and achievements, eventually turns into the debtor of their numerous merits. The intellectual boldness that pertains to some historically renowned thinkers and writers shows that talent and effort are aimed at making life the very expression of one’s own will. That also implies the vindication of the right to happiness, in the same way as the different artistic responses by those who participated in such fervent debates over women’s condition –in both the fields of music and theatre– have been happy. If this had been confined merely to theoretical assumptions –undoubtedly interesting for some discussion, yet not so useful towards the construction of a new world– would have been a different matter.