Laura Battiferra and Her Literary Circle: An Anthology: A Bilingual Edition

by Laura Battiferra degli Ammannati

Book Overview

Internationally known during her lifetime, Laura Battiferra (1523-89) was a gifted and prolific poet in Renaissance Florence. The author of nearly 400 sonnets remarkable for their subtlety, intricate narrative structure, and learned allusions, Battiferra, who was married to the prominent sculptor and architect Bartolomeo Ammannati, traversed an elite literary and artistic network, circulating her verse in a complex and intellectually fecund exchange...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226039234
• ISBN13: 9780226039237
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 493 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"