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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
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