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The Sword and the Pen: Women, Politics, and Poetry in Sixteenth-Century Siena

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Description for The Sword and the Pen: Women, Politics, and Poetry in Sixteenth-Century Siena Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3JD; DSBD; DSC; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.

In The Sword and the Pen: Women, Politics, and Poetry in Sixteenth-Century Siena, Konrad Eisenbichler analyzes the work of Sienese women poets, in particular, Aurelia Petrucci, Laudomia Forteguerri, and Virginia Salvi, during the first half of the sixteenth century up to the fall of Siena in 1555. Eisenbichler sets forth a complex and original interpretation of the experiences of these three educated noblewomen and their contributions to contemporary culture in Siena by looking at the emergence of a new lyric tradition and the sonnets they exchanged among themselves and with their male contemporaries. Through the analysis of their poems and ... Read more

This innovative contribution to the field of late Renaissance and early modern Italian and women's studies rescues from near oblivion a group of literate women who were celebrated by contemporary scholars but who have been largely ignored today, both because of a dearth of biographical information about them and because of a narrow evaluation of their poetry. Eisenbichler's analysis and reproduction of many of their poems in Italian and modern English translation are an invaluable contribution not only to Italian cultural studies but also to women's studies.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
386
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268027766
SKU
V9780268027766
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Ref
99-1

About Konrad Eisenbichler
Konrad Eisenbichler is professor of Renaissance and Italian studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author, translator, and editor of seventeen books, including The Renaissance in the Streets, Schools, and Studies, and Renaissance Medievalisms.

Reviews for The Sword and the Pen: Women, Politics, and Poetry in Sixteenth-Century Siena
“As if holding a diamond in the twilight, Eisenbichler examines each facet of [these women’s] lives, including intellectual friendships, heresy, political intrigue, and even a lesbian romance. . . . The Sword and the Pen is a major contribution to our understanding of female poets in the Renaissance and the glittering cultural climate of a proud but doomed city.” —Renaissance ... Read more

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