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Chiara Matraini (1515–1604?) was a member of the great flowering of poetic imitators and innovators in the Italian literary heritage begun by Petrarch, cultivated later by the lyric poet Pietro Bembo, and supplanted by the epic poet Torquato Tasso. Though without formal training, Matraini excelled in a number of literary genres popular at the time—poetry, religious meditation, discourse, and dialogue. In her midlife, she published a collection of erotic love poetry, but later in life her work shifted toward a search for spiritual salvation. Near the end of her life, she published a new poetry retrospective.
Mostly available in only a handful of rare book collections, her writings are now adeptly translated here for an English-speaking audience and situated historically in an introduction by noted Matraini expert Giovanna Rabitti. Selected Poetry and Prose allows the poet to finally take her place as one of the seminal authors of the Renaissance, next to her contemporaries Vittoria Colonna and Laura Battiferra, also published in the Other Voice series.
Mostly available in only a handful of rare book collections, her writings are now adeptly translated here for an English-speaking audience and situated historically in an introduction by noted Matraini expert Giovanna Rabitti. Selected Poetry and Prose allows the poet to finally take her place as one of the seminal authors of the Renaissance, next to her contemporaries Vittoria Colonna and Laura Battiferra, also published in the Other Voice series.
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About the Author:
Elaine Maclachlan was a teacher of Italian at Harvard, Smith College, and Tufts University. She is now retired from teaching.
Giovanna Rabitti is assistant professor of philology of Italian literature at the University of Sassari, Italy, and the editor of the Italian critical edition of Chiara Matraini’s poetical works.
Review:
Giovanna Rabitti is assistant professor of philology of Italian literature at the University of Sassari, Italy, and the editor of the Italian critical edition of Chiara Matraini’s poetical works.
"As usual in this series, introduction, footnotes, translations and bibliography combine to provide everything the English-speaking reader could possibly want in order to begin the (thoroughly worthwhile) experience of engaging with the writing. . . . Anyone interested in Italian and comparative literature, early moden studies, or women's writing will appreciate this excellent bilingual edition." (Choice)
"The quality of Elaine Maclachlan's translations as well as Rabitti's thorough introduction will undoubtedly spark the attention of students and scholars that Matraini's work richly deserves. This is indeed a comprehensive and extensive anthology that profits from the collaboration of the scholar who has done the most research on Mattraini's life and writings (Rabitti) and of a translator who, in turn, knows her subject matter exhaustively." (Maria Galli Stampino H-Net Review)
"The quality of Elaine Maclachlan's translations as well as Rabitti's thorough introduction will undoubtedly spark the attention of students and scholars that Matraini's work richly deserves. This is indeed a comprehensive and extensive anthology that profits from the collaboration of the scholar who has done the most research on Mattraini's life and writings (Rabitti) and of a translator who, in turn, knows her subject matter exhaustively." (Maria Galli Stampino H-Net Review)
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- PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0226510840
- ISBN 13 9780226510842
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages232
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