| Laura Battiferra and Her Literary Circle: An Anthology: A Bilingual Edition Contributor(s): Battiferra Degli Ammannati, Laura (Author), Kirkham, Victoria (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0226039226 ISBN-13: 9780226039220 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: 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 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | European - General - History | Europe - Renaissance - Poetry | European - General |
| Dewey: 851.5 |
| LCCN: 2005024004 |
| Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.34" H x 6.28" W x 9.32" (1.75 lbs) 493 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kirkham, Victoria: - Victoria Kirkham is professor emerita of Romance languages at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of three books, most recently of Fabulous Vernacular: Boccaccio's Filocolo and the Art of Medieval Fiction. |