Laura Battiferra and Her Literary Circle - An Anthology: A Bilingual Edition

Informationen zum Autor Victoria Kirkham is professor of Romance languages at the University of Pennsylvania. Klappentext 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 bilingual anthology! Victoria Kirkham gathers Battiferra's most essential writing! including newly discovered poems! which provide modern readers with a valuable social chronicle of sixteenth-century Italy and the courtly culture of the Counter-Reformation. Zusammenfassung Internationally known during her lifetime! Laura Battiferra (1523-89) was a gifted and prolife poet in Renaissance Florence. This anthology gathers her most essential writing! including newly discovered poems! to provide modern readers with a valuable social chronicle of sixteenth-century Italy and the courtly culture of the Counter-Reformation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Laura Battiferra Degli Ammannati, AMMANNATI LAURA BATTIFERRA DEGLI, Laura Battiferra, Laura Battiferra degli Ammannati, Victoria/ Degli Ammannati Kirkham
• Con la collaborazione di: Victoria Kirkham (Editore), Victoria Kirkham (Traduzione), Kirkham Victoria (Traduzione)
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.05.2006
• EAN: 9780226039237
• ISBN: 978-0-226-03923-7
• Pagine: 493
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 222 mm x 32 mm
• Serie: Other Voice in Early Modern Eu; The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe; The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica > Lirica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Poetry anthologies (various poets), 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599