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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777490403321

Autore

Battiferri degli Ammannati Laura <1523-1589.>

Titolo

Laura Battiferra and her literary circle [[electronic resource] ] : an anthology / / Laura Battiferra degli Ammannati ; edited and translated by Victoria Kirkham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006

ISBN

1-281-12530-X

9786611125301

0-226-03924-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (527 p.)

Collana

The other voice in early modern Europe

Altri autori (Persone)

KirkhamVictoria

Disciplina

851/.5

Soggetti

Italian poetry - 16th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- THE OTHER VOICE IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE: INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES -- VOLUME EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION -- VOLUME EDITOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NOTE ON TRANSLATION -- 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

Sommario/riassunto

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.