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Laura Battiferra and her literary circle [electronic resource] : an anthology / Laura Battiferra degli Ammannati ; edited and translated by Victoria Kirkham.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Other voice in early modern EuropePublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xxxii, 493 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780226039244 (electronic bk.)
  • 0226039242 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780226039220 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226039226 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226039237 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0226039234 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Selections. English. 2006
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Laura Battiferra and her literary circle.DDC classification:
  • 851/.5 22
LOC classification:
  • PQ4607.B6 A24 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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ელ.რესურსი ელ.რესურსი ეროვნული სამეცნიერო ბიბლიოთეკა 1 821.131.1.09 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

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.

Translated from the Italian.

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