Vittoria Colonna :: poetry, religion, art, impact /

This edited collection presents fresh and original work on Vittoria Colonna, perhaps the outstanding female figure of the Italian Renaissance, a leading Petrarchist poet, and an important figure in the Italian Reform movement. Until recently best known for her close spiritual friendship with Michela...

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Main Author: Cox, Virginia (Author)
Other Authors: McHugh, Shannon
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2022
Series:Gendering the late medieval and early modern world.
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Online Access:DE-862
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Summary:This edited collection presents fresh and original work on Vittoria Colonna, perhaps the outstanding female figure of the Italian Renaissance, a leading Petrarchist poet, and an important figure in the Italian Reform movement. Until recently best known for her close spiritual friendship with Michelangelo, she is increasingly recognized as a powerful and distinctive poetic voice, a cultural and religious icon, and an important literary model for both men and women. This volume comprises compelling new research by established and emerging scholars in the fields of literature, book history, religious history, and art history, including several studies of Colonna's influence during the Counter-Reformation, a period long neglected by Italian cultural historiography. The Colonna who emerges from this new reading is one who challenges traditional constructions of women's place in Italian literature; no mere imitator or follower, but an innovator and founder of schools in her own right.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (408 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789048552603
9048552605

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