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Author:

Eisenbichler, Konrad.

Title:

The sword and the pen : women, politics, and poetry in sixteenth-century Siena / Konrad Eisenbichler.

Publisher:

University of Notre Dame Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xiii, 371 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Italian poetry--16th century--History and criticism.
Italian poetry--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Women and literature--Italy--History--16th century.
Italian poetry--Siena--Siena--History and criticism.
Italy--Politics and government--16th century.
Italian poetry--16th century.
Italian poetry--Siena.--Siena.
Italian poetry--Translations into English.

Notes:

Includes analysis and reproduction of many poems in Italian and modern English translation. Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-352) and indexes.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

0268078653 (e-book)
9780268078652 (e-book)
0268027765 (pbk.)
9780268027766 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)794362049

LCCN:

2012024896

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)