Women Poets of the Italian Renaissance: Courtly Ladies and Courtesans
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- Synopsis
- 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, Isabella Andreini, Vittoria Colonna, Tullia d'Aragona, Lucia Bertani Dell'Oro, Leonora Ravira Falletti, Moderata Fonte, Veronica Franco, Veronica Gàmbara, Olimpia Malipiera, Chiara Matraini, Lucrezia Tornabuoni de' Medici, Isabella di Morra, Aurelia Petrucci, Antonia Giannotti Pulci, Camilla Scarampa, Gaspara Stampa, Laura Bacio Terracina, Barbara Bentivoglio Strozzi Torelli. Dual-language poetry. Introduction, biographies, notes, bibliographies, first-line index.
- Copyright:
- 1997
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9780934977432
- Publisher:
- Italica Press
- Date of Addition:
- 08/01/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Laura Anna Stortoni
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Poetry, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Proofread By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.