The sword and the pen : women, politics, and poetry in sixteenth-century Siena /
Eisenbichler, Konrad.
Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press,
c2012.
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.
Italian poetry
Italian poetry
Women and literature
Italian poetry
Italian poetry
Italian poetry
Italian poetry