{"product_id":"sonnets-for-michelangelo-vittoria-colonna-9780226113920","title":"Sonnets for Michelangelo: A Bilingual Edition","description":"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. Hailed by the generation's leading male \u003ci\u003eliterati\u003c\/i\u003e as an equal, she was praised both for her impeccable command of Petrarchan style and for the unimpeachable chastity and piety of the persona she promoted through her literary works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book presents for the very first time a body of Colonna's verse that reveals much about her poetic aims and outlook, while also casting new light on one of the most famous friendships of the age. \u003ci\u003eSonnets for Michelangelo\u003c\/i\u003e, originally presented in manuscript form to her close friend Michelangelo Buonarroti as a personal gift, illustrates the striking beauty and originality of Colonna's mature lyric voice and distinguishes her as a poetic innovator who would be widely imitated by female writers in Italy and Europe in the sixteenth century. After three centuries of relative neglect, this new edition promises to restore Colonna to her rightful place at the forefront of female cultural production in the Renaissance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vittoria Colonna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226113922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226113920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.40w x 0.51d","brand":"Vittoria Colonna","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913421160703,"sku":"9780226113920","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5ea249ce-56a7-4adb-8b79-f480e85d9ec5.jpg?v=1680620316","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sonnets-for-michelangelo-vittoria-colonna-9780226113920","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}