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Despite the status of Gaspara Stampa (1523?-1554) as one of the greatest and most creative poets and musicians of the Italian Renaissance, scholarship on Stampa has been surprisingly scarce and unsystematic. In this volume, scholars from various disciplines employ contrasting methodologies to explore different aspects of Stampa's work. The volume p
List of contents
Introduction, UnnFalkeid, Aileen A.Feng; Part I The Sublime; Chapter 1 Naming Sappho, JaneTylus; Chapter 2, UnnFalkeid; Chapter 3, FedericoSchneider; Part II Real, Virtual, and Imagined Communities; Chapter 4 Desiring Subjects, Aileen A.Feng; Chapter 5 Voi e tu, Love and Law, Ann RosalindJones; Chapter 6 Le amiche carte, AngelaCapodivacca; Chapter 7 Writing as a Pro, William J.Kennedy; Part III Personae; Chapter 8 Playing (with) Personae, UlrikeSchneider, AchimHescher; Chapter 9 Gaspara Stampa as Salamander and Phoenix, VeronicaAndreani; Chapter 10 Anassilla, TroyTower;
About the author
Unn Falkeid is Research Fellow at the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, affiliated with the Department of Culture and Aesthetics at Stockholm University. Aileen A. Feng is Assistant Professor of Italian and Faculty Affiliate in Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Arizona, USA.
Summary
Despite the status of Gaspara Stampa (1523?-1554) as one of the greatest and most creative poets and musicians of the Italian Renaissance, scholarship on Stampa has been surprisingly scarce and unsystematic. In this volume, scholars from various disciplines employ contrasting methodologies to explore different aspects of Stampa’s work. The volume p
