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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eisenbichler, Konrad
Format: Book
Language:English
Italian
Language Notes:English and Italian.
Published: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2012]
Subjects:
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.
Italy > Politics and government > 16th century.
Italian poetry > 16th century.
Italian poetry > Italy > Siena.
Italian poetry > Translations into English.
Table of 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.