Widow City

Gender, Emotion, And Community In The Italian Renaissance

by Anna Wainwright
language: english
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE PRESS, May of 2025 ‧
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Widow City investigates the ever-evolving role of the widow in medieval and early modern Italian literature, from canonical authors such as Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio, to the numerous widowed writers who rose to prominence in the sixteenth centuryâ€"including Vittoria Colonna, Veronica Gambara, and Francesca Turinaâ€"and radically changed the conversation on public mourning.

Widow City

Gender, Emotion, And Community In The Italian Renaissance

by Anna Wainwright

Property Description
ISBN: 9781644533604
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE PRESS
Release Date: May of 2025
Language: English
Dimensions: 156 x 235 x 18 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 218
Format: Book
Collection: The Early Modern Exchange
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Other Literary Forms
EAN: 9781644533604

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