| Description |
1 online resource (527 pages) |
| Series |
The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe |
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Other voice in early modern Europe.
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| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Series Editors' Introduction; Volume Editor's Introduction; Volume Editor's Bibliography; Note on Translation; List of Abbreviations; I Poems from Rime di Madonna Laura Battiferra degli Ammannati; II Poems from Other Collections; III Orison on the Nativity of Our Lord; IV Letters; Appendixes; Notes; Series Editors' Bibliography; Index of First Lines; General Index |
| Summary |
Internationally known during her lifetime, Laura Battiferra (1523-89) was a gifted and prolific poet in Renaissance Florence. The author of nearly 400 sonnets remarkable for their subtlety, intricate narrative structure, and learned allusions, Battiferra, who was married to the prominent sculptor and architect Bartolomeo Ammannati, traversed an elite literary and artistic network, circulating her verse in a complex and intellectually fecund exchange with some of the most illustrious figures in Italian history. In this anthology, Victoria Kirkham gathers Battiferra's most essential writing, inc |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Italian poetry -- 16th century -- History and criticism
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Italian poetry
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226039244 |
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0226039242 |
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