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- The Disperata, from Medieval Italy to Renaissance France
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: Medieval Institute Publications
summary
This study explores how the themes of the disperata genre -- including hopelessness, death, suicide, doomed love, collective trauma, and damnations -- are creatively adopted by several generations of poets in Italy and France, to establish a tradition that at times merges with, and at times subverts, Petrarchism.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- List of Illustrations
- p. viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. xi-xxviii
- Chapter 2. The Female-Voiced Disperata
- pp. 77-108
- Chapter 3. The Disperata in the Quattrocento
- pp. 109-166
- Chapter 4. The Disperata in the Cinquecento
- pp. 167-196
- Chapter 5. The Disperata in France
- pp. 197-260
- Chapter 6. Disperata and Désespoir
- pp. 261-298
- Conclusion
- pp. 299-304
- Bibliography
- pp. 305-326
Additional Information
ISBN
9781580442657
Related ISBN(s)
9781580442640
MARC Record
OCLC
994263345
Pages
341
Launched on MUSE
2017-11-29
Language
English
Open Access
No