Writing beloveds : humanist Petrarchism and the politics of gender / Aileen A. Feng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feng, Aileen A., author.

Series:

Toronto Italian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374--Influence.

Petrarca, Francesco.

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.

Italian poetry--16th century--History and criticism.

Italian poetry.

Petrarchism.

Humanism in literature.

Politics in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiii, 266 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Humanist Petrarchism and the politics of gender

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Summary:

"This study considers the way in which a poetic convention, the beloved to whom Renaissance amatory poetry was addessed, becomes influential political rhetoric, an instrument that both men and women used to shape and justify their claims to power. The author argues that Petrarchan poetic conventions were part of a social discourse that signaled anxiety concerning the rising place of women as intellectual interlocators, public figures, and patrons of the arts."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Intellectual Masculinity and the Female Intellect in Humanist Petrarchism

1 Women of Stone: Gender and Politics in the Petrarchan World 17

2 In Laura's Shadow: Gendered Dialogues and Humanist Petrarchism in the Fifteenth Century 68

3 Laura Speaks: Sisterhood, Amicitia, and Marital Love in the Female Latin Petrarchist Writings of the Fifteenth Century 106

Part II Pietro Bembo and the Legacy of Humanist Petrarchism

4 Theorizing Gender: Nation Building and Female Mythology in the Ciceronian Quarrel 135

5 Politicizing Gender: Bembo's Private and Public Petrarchism 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781487500771

1487500777

OCLC:

970615672