Vittoria Colonna

Poetry, Religion, Art, Impact

Virginia Cox editor Shannon McHugh editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Amsterdam University Press

Published:4th Nov '21

Should be back in stock very soon

Vittoria Colonna cover

This edited collection presents fresh and original work on Vittoria Colonna, perhaps the outstanding female figure of the Italian Renaissance, a leading Petrarchist poet, and an important figure in the Italian Reform movement. Until recently best known for her close spiritual friendship with Michelangelo, she is increasingly recognized as a powerful and distinctive poetic voice, a cultural and religious icon, and an important literary model for both men and women. This volume comprises compelling new research by established and emerging scholars in the fields of literature, book history, religious history, and art history, including several studies of Colonna’s influence during the Counter-Reformation, a period long neglected by Italian cultural historiography. The Colonna who emerges from this new reading is one who challenges traditional constructions of women’s place in Italian literature: no mere imitator or follower, but an innovator and founder of schools in her own right.

"This thematically comprehensive volume offers scholars valuable insights into Vittoria Colonna’s literary and cultural contributions, making it an essential resource for those studying early modern European history and feminist perspectives."
- Marjorie Och, EMW Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, 2024

“It is thrilling to see the diverseness of Colonna’s oeuvre highlighted in the growing field of research that this volume embodies... Meticulous archival work supports the close readings of the literary texts and allows the volume’s contributors to present exciting perspectives on Colonna and her 254 book reviews circles that have not previously been discussed.”
-Johanna Vernqvist, Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme, 45.4, Fall 2022

ISBN: 9789463723947

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

406 pages