Laura Battiferra degli Ammannati ; edited and translated by Victoria Kirkham
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Chicago :
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University of Chicago Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxxii, 493 p. :
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ill. ;
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24 cm
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The other voice in early modern Europe
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-462) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Poems from Rime di Madonna Laura Battiferra degli Ammannati -- 2. Poems from other collections -- 3. Orison on the nativity of our Lord -- 4. Letters -- Appendixes. A. Battiferra's wills ; B. Genealogical chart of the Battiferri family of Urbino ; C. Genealogical chart of the Cibo, Della Rovere, Varana, and Farnese families ; D. Genealogical chart of the Medici, Toledo, Colonna, and Montefeltro families ; E. Sources of selections and textual variants ; F. List of manuscripts and printed editions
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"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."--Publisher's website
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Selections.
Language (when part of a heading)
English
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Italian poetry-- 16th century-- History and criticism