| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 275 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The other voice in early modern Europe |
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Other voice in early modern Europe.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Series Editors' Introduction; Volume Introduction, by Giovanna Rabitti; Volume Editor's Bibliography; I 1555 / 56 Volume (Book A); II Spiritual Meditations; III Considerations on the Seven Penitential Psalms of the Great King and Prophet David; IV A Brief Discourse on the Life and Praise of the Most Blessed Virgin and Mother of the Son of God; V 1597 Volume (Book C); VI Spiritual Dialogues; Appendix: Derivative Lines in Matraini's Poetry; Notes; Series Editors' Bibliography; Index of First Lines; General Index |
| Summary |
Chiara Matraini (1515-1604?) was a member of the great flowering of poetic imitators and innovators in the Italian literary heritage begun by Petrarch, cultivated later by the lyric poet Pietro Bembo, and supplanted by the epic poet Torquato Tasso. Though without formal training, Matraini excelled in a number of literary genres popular at the time--poetry, religious meditation, discourse, and dialogue. In her midlife, she published a collection of erotic love poetry, but later in life her work shifted toward a search for spiritual salvation. Near the end of her life, she published a new poetry |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English and Italian |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Italian poetry -- 16th century.
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Italian prose literature -- To 1700.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Italian.
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Italian poetry
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Italian prose literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Maclachlan, Elaine
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| LC no. |
2007033067 |
| ISBN |
9780226510866 |
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0226510867 |
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1282070053 |
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9781282070059 |
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