1st Edition
Anna Maria van Schurman, 'The Star of Utrecht' The Educational Vision and Reception of a Savante
Biography
Anne R. Larsen is the Lavern '39 and Betty DePree '41 Van Kley Professor of French at Hope College, USA. She has edited (and co-edited) books on Renaissance and seventeenth-century women writers, including Early Modern Women and Transnational Communities of Letters (2009).
"This is an important monograph for anyone who studies the education of early modern women. Van Schurman is not as well known as other women writers from this period, thus this work allows us a penetrating look into her life, education, devotions, and friendships, all of which shaped her work. This is a deeply affecting and meticulously researched book." - Erica Bastress-Dukehart, Skidmore College, USA
"Larsen’s study of the Star of Utrecht is carefully researched and well organized. The author has thoroughly mined Van Schurman’s extensive correspondence and provides a deep and meticulous analysis of her vision of education for women. In doing so, she has highlighted one of the lesser-known aspects of Van Schurman’s thought. Scholars of early modern ideas and letters will find this to be a very illuminating book indeed." - Christine Kooi, Louisiana State University, USA
