The most published and lauded woman writer of early
sixteenth-century Italy, Vittoria Colonna (1490-1547) in effect
defined what was the "acceptable" face of female authorship for her
time. Hailed by the generation's leading male "literati" as an
equal, she was praised both for her impeccable command of
Petrarchan style and for the unimpeachable chastity and piety of
the persona she promoted through her literary works.
This book presents for the very first time a body of Colonna's
verse that reveals much about her poetic aims and outlook, while
also casting new light on one of the most famous friendships of the
age. "Sonnets for Michelangelo," originally presented in manuscript
form to her close friend Michelangelo Buonarroti as a personal
gift, illustrates the striking beauty and originality of Colonna's
mature lyric voice and distinguishes her as a poetic innovator who
would be widely imitated by female writers in Italy and Europe in
the sixteenth century. After three centuries of relative neglect,
this new edition promises to restore Colonna to her rightful place
at the forefront of female cultural production in the
Renaissance.
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