Selected Letters of Alessandra Strozzi, Bilingual Edition / Alessandra Strozzi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macinghi Strozzi, Alessandra, 1407-1471, author.

Series:

Biblioteca italiana ; Volume 9.

Biblioteca Italiana Series ; Volume 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley ; Los Angeles, California : University of California Press, [1997]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The letters of Alessandra Strozzi provide a vivid and spirited portrayal of life in fifteenth-century Florence. Among the richest autobiographical materials to survive from the Italian Renaissance, the letters reveal a woman who fought stubbornly to preserve her family's property and position in adverse circumstances, and who was an acute observer of Medicean society. Her letters speak of political and social status, of the concept of honor, and of the harshness of life, including the plague and the loss of children. They are also a guide to Alessandra's inner life over a period of twenty-three years, revealing the pain and sorrow, and, more rarely, the joy and triumph, with which she responded to the events unfolding around her. This edition includes translations, in full or in part, of 35 of the 73 extant letters. The selections carry forward the story of Alessandra's life and illustrate the range of attitudes, concerns, and activities which were characteristic of their author.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

TEXT AND TRANSLATION

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780585082387

0585082383

9780520917392

0520917391

OCLC:

1149504898