The sword and the pen : women, politics, and poetry in sixteenth-century Siena / Konrad Eisenbichler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eisenbichler, Konrad.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Italian poetry.

Italian poetry--Women authors--History and criticism.

Women and literature--Italy--History--16th century.

Women and literature.

Italian poetry--Italy--Siena--History and criticism.

Italian poetry--16th century.

Italian poetry--Italy--Siena.

Italian poetry--Translations into English.

Italy--Politics and government--16th century.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Women, politics, and poetry in sixteenth-century Siena

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Eisenbichler analyzes the work of Sienese women poets during the early 1500s and their contribution to culture.

Contents:

Introduction

At Petrarch's tomb: the first bloom of a short springtime

Aurelia Petrucci: admired and mourned

Laudomia Forteguerri: constructions of a woman

Virginia Salvi: an indomitable woman

Epilogue

Appendix: selected poetry by Sienese women. Ermellina Arringhieri de' Cerretani; Francesca B; Pia Bichi; Ortensia Scarpi; Atalanta Donati; Laudomia Forteguerri; Lucrezia Figliucci; Cassandra Petrucci; Silvia Piccolomini; Virginia Martini Casolani Salvi

Onorata Tancredi Pecci.

Notes:

Includes analysis and reproduction of many poems in Italian and modern English translation.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780268158576

0268158576

9780268078652

0268078653

OCLC:

819717310