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

Author/creator Eisenbichler, Konrad
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNotre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2012.
Descriptionxiii, 371 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
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--Translations into English.
Italy--Politics and government --16th century.
Portion of title Women, politics, and poetry in sixteenth-century Siena
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 Martini 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.
General noteIncludes analysis and reproduction of many poems in Italian and modern English translation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-352) and indexes.
LanguageEnglish and Italian.
LCCN 2012024896
ISBN9780268027766 (pbk.)
ISBN0268027765 (pbk.)
ISBN9780268078652 (e-book)
ISBN0268078653 (e-book)
Standard identifier# 40021651240

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