Laura Battiferra and her literary circle an anthology / [electronic resource] :
Laura Battiferra degli Ammannati ; edited and translated by Victoria Kirkham.
- University of Chicago Press, 2006.
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 493 p.) : ill.
- Other voice in early modern Europe .
- Other voice in early modern Europe. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-462) and indexes.
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.
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, inc.