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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462105803321

Autore

Eisenbichler Konrad

Titolo

The sword and the pen [[electronic resource] ] : women, politics, and poetry in sixteenth-century Siena / / Konrad Eisenbichler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, 2012

ISBN

0-268-15857-6

0-268-07865-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 p.)

Disciplina

851/.4099287094558

Soggetti

Italian poetry - 16th century - History and criticism

Italian poetry - Women authors - History and criticism

Women and literature - Italy - History - 16th century

Italian poetry - Italy - Siena - History and criticism

Italian poetry - 16th century

Italian poetry - Italy - Siena

Italian poetry

Electronic books.

Italy Politics and government 16th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes analysis and reproduction of many poems in Italian and modern English translation.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- At Petrarch's tomb: the first bloom of a short springtime -- Aurelia Petrucci: admired and mourned -- Laudomia Forteguerri: constructions of a woman -- Virginia Salvi: an indomitable woman -- Epilogue -- Appendix: selected poetry by Sienese women. Ermellina Arringhieri de' Cerretani; Francesca B; Pia Bichi; Ortensia Scarpi; Atalanta Donati; Laudomia Forteguerri; Lucrezia Figliucci; Cassandra Petrucci; Silvia Piccolomini; Virginia Martini Casolani Salvi -- Onorata Tancredi Pecci.