Description
This dual-language collection presents the rich flowering of women's poetry during the Italian Renaissance: from the love lyrics of famous courtly ladies of Venice and Rome to the deeply moral and spiritual poets of the age. It includes biographies of 19 poets and over 80 selected poems in the original Italian with facing English verse translation. Poets include: Laura Battiferri Ammannati, Chiara Matraini, Isabella Andreini, Lucrezia Tornabuoni de' Medici, Vittoria Colonna, Isabella di Morra, Tullia d'Aragona, Aurelia Petrucci, Lucia Bertani Dell'Oro, Antonia Giannotti Pulci, Leonora Ravira Falletti, Camilla Scarampa, Moderata Fonte, Gaspara Stampa, Veronica Franco, Laura Bacio Terracina, Veronica Gàmbara, Barbara Bentivoglio Strozzi Torelli, Olimpia Malipiera. Dual-language poetry. Introduction, biographies, notes, bibliographies, first-line index.
Author: Laura Anna Stortoni
Publisher: Italica Press
Published: 02/22/2009
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.55h x 5.56w x 0.66d
ISBN13: 9780934977432
ISBN10: 0934977437
Large Print
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Renaissance
- Literary Criticism | European | Italian
- Literary Criticism | Women Authors
Author: Laura Anna Stortoni
Publisher: Italica Press
Published: 02/22/2009
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.55h x 5.56w x 0.66d
ISBN13: 9780934977432
ISBN10: 0934977437
Large Print
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Renaissance
- Literary Criticism | European | Italian
- Literary Criticism | Women Authors
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