Widow city: gender, emotion, and community in the italian renaissance
Auteur :
Wainwright, Anna
Éditeur :
University of Delaware Press
ISBN :
9781644533598
Date de publication :
13 mai 2025
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
286 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Widow City: Gender, Emotion, and Community in Renaissance Italy investigates the evolving role of the widow in medieval and Renaissance Italian literature, from Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio, to women poets including Vittoria Colonna and Veronica Gambara, as a key model demonstrating to readers how to mourn and how to live well after devastating loss.