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

Eisenbichler, Konrad.

The sword and the pen women, politics, and poetry in sixteenth-century Siena / [electronic resource] : Women, politics, and poetry in sixteenth-century Siena Konrad Eisenbichler. - Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2012. - xiii, 371 p.

Includes analysis and reproduction of many poems in Italian and modern English translation.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.


English and Italian.

9780268078652 (electronic bk.)




Italian poetry--History and criticism.--16th century
Italian poetry--Women authors--History and criticism.
Women and literature--History--Italy--16th century.
Italian poetry--History and criticism.--Italy--Siena
Italian poetry--16th century.
Italian poetry--Italy--Siena.
Italian poetry--Translations into English.


Italy--Politics and government--16th century.


Electronic books.

PQ4103 / .E47 2012

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