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Writing beloveds : humanist Petrarchism and the politics of gender

Title
Writing beloveds : humanist Petrarchism and the politics of gender / Aileen A. Feng.
Author
Feng, Aileen A.
Publication
  • Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
  • ©2017

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Description
xiii, 266 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"This study considers the way in which a poetic convention, the beloved to whom Renaissance amatory poetry was addessed, becomes influential political rhetoric, an instrument that both men and women used to shape and justify their claims to power. The author argues that Petrarchan poetic conventions were part of a social discourse that signaled anxiety concerning the rising place of women as intellectual interlocators, public figures, and patrons of the arts."--
Series Statement
Toronto Italian studies
Uniform Title
Toronto Italian studies.
Alternative Title
Humanist Petrarchism and the politics of gender
Subject
  • Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 > Influence
  • Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374
  • 1500-1599
  • Italian poetry > 16th century > History and criticism
  • Petrarchism
  • Humanism in literature
  • Politics in literature
  • Sex role in literature
  • Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Italian poetry
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JFE 17-3071
ISBN
  • 9781487500771
  • 1487500777
OCLC
970615672
Author
Feng, Aileen A., author.
Title
Writing beloveds : humanist Petrarchism and the politics of gender / Aileen A. Feng.
Publisher
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Toronto Italian studies
Toronto Italian studies.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1500-1599
Research Call Number
JFE 17-3071
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