Women Poets of the Italian Renaissance - Courtly Ladies & Courtesans (Paperback, Large Type / Large Print Ed)

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 Gmbara, Barbara Bentivoglio Strozzi Torelli, Olimpia Malipiera. Dual-language poetry. Introduction, biographies, notes, bibliographies, first-line index.

General

Imprint:	Italica Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2009
First published:	February 2009
Editors:	Laura Anna Stortoni
Translators:	Laura Anna Stortoni • Mary Prentice Lillie
Dimensions:	217 x 141 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	304
Edition:	Large Type / Large Print Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-934977-43-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	0-934977-43-7
Barcode:	9780934977432

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