Böcker av Vittoria Colonna

Questa raccolta di lettere inedite rappresenta un tesoro della letteratura italiana del Rinascimento. Vittoria Colonna, celebre poetessa e scrittrice del XVI secolo, offre al lettore un'occasione unica di conoscere la sua vita e le sue opere attraverso le sue stesse parole. Grazie a questa raccolta, il lettore può scoprire la personalità straordinaria di questa figura di spicco della cultura italiana del Rinascimento.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Il Carteggio di Vittoria Colonna, marchesa di Pescara, raccoglie la corrispondenza della celebre poetessa italiana durante il Rinascimento con i più famosi personaggi dell'epoca, tra cui il papa Clemente VII, il duca di Ferrara, e Michelangelo. Un'opera indispensabile per gli appassionati di storia e poesia italiana.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Scrivo sol per sfogar l'interna doglia, Di che si pasce il cor, ch'altro non vole, E non per giunger lume al mio bel sole, Che lasciò in terra sì onorata spoglia. Giusta cagione a lamentar m'invoglia: Ch'io scemi la sua gloria assai mi dole; Per altra penna e più saggie parole Verrà chi a morte il suo gran nome toglia. La pura fè, l'ardor, l'intensa pena

"English translation of forty selected letters, with Italian text and critical commentary, by sixteenth-century poet and evangelical Vittoria Colonna, illustrative of her political, financial, and religious commitments"--

The most published and lauded woman writer of early sixteenth-century Italy, Vittoria Colonna (1490-1547) in effect defined what was the "acceptable" face of female authorship for her time.

For women of the Italian Renaissance, the Virgin Mary was one of the most important role models. This book testifies to the emotional and spiritual relationships that women had with the figure of Mary, whom they were required to emulate as the epitome of femininity.