Complete Poetry and Prose
Download or Read eBook Complete Poetry and Prose PDF written by Louise Labé and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Louise Labé |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2007-11-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780226467160 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0226467163 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Complete Poetry and Prose by : Louise Labé
Book excerpt: Thanks to her acclaimed volume of poetry and prose published in France in 1555, Louise Labé (1522-66) remains one of the most important and influential women writers of the Continental Renaissance. Best known for her exquisite collection of love sonnets, Labé played off the Petrarchan male tradition with wit and irony, and her elegies respond with lyric skill to predecessors such as Sappho and Ovid. The first complete bilingual edition of this singular and broad-ranging female author, Complete Poetry and Prose also features the only translations of Labé's sonnets to follow the exacting rhyme patterns of the originals and the first rhymed translation of Labé's elegies in their entirety.
