Selected poems
By: edited and translated by Laura Anna Stortoni & Mary Prentice Lillie.
Contributors: Stortoni, Laura Anna, 1942-; Lillie, Mary Prentice.
Publisher: Italica Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; ita
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Stampa, Gaspara, ca. 1523-ca. 1554 -- Translations into English.
Description: "Gaspara Stampa (1523-54) is considered the greatest woman poet of the Italian Renaissance, and she is regarded by many as the greatest Italian woman poet of any age. A highly skilled musician, Stampa produced some of the most musical poetry in the Italian language. Her sonnets of unrequited love speak in a language of honest passion and profound loss. They look forward to the women writers of the nineteenth century and are a milestone in women's literature. This dual-language edition of selected poems presents, along with the Italian original, the first English translation of Stampa's work. It includes an introduction to the poet and her work, a note on the translation, and provides the reader with notes to the poems, a bibliography, and a first-line index."--Book cover, page [4].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-233) and index.