Who is Mary? : three early modern women on the idea of the Virgin Mary /
For women of the Italian Renaissance, the Virgin Mary was one of the most important role models. Who Is Mary? presents devotional works written by three women better known for their secular writings: Vittoria Colonna, famed for her Petrarchan lyric verse; Chiara Matraini, one of the most original po...
| Други автори: | Haskins, Susan., Colonna, Vittoria, 1492-1547., Matraini, Chiara, 1515-1604?, Marinella, Lucrezia, 1571-1653. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English Italian |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago ; London :
University of Chicago Press,
℗♭2008.
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| Серия: |
Other voice in early modern Europe.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=328185 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Who is Mary? |
| Резюме: |
For women of the Italian Renaissance, the Virgin Mary was one of the most important role models. Who Is Mary? presents devotional works written by three women better known for their secular writings: Vittoria Colonna, famed for her Petrarchan lyric verse; Chiara Matraini, one of the most original poets of her generation; and the wide-ranging, intellectually ambitious polemicist Lucrezia Marinella. At a time when the cult of the Virgin was undergoing a substantial process of redefinition, these texts cast fascinating light on the beliefs of Catholic women in the Renaissance, and also, in the ca. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxviii, 280 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226113975 0226113973 9780226113982 9780226114002 0226113981 0226114007 |