Renaissance Woman
- 360pages
- 13 heures de lecture
A biography of Vittoria Colonna, a confidante of Michelangelo, the scion of one of the most powerful families of her era, and a pivotal figure in the Italian Renaissance.
Ramie Targoff est reconnue pour ses explorations savantes de la poésie et de la religion de la Renaissance. Son travail examine méticuleusement les liens complexes entre l'expression artistique et la vie spirituelle durant cette époque charnière. Les analyses perspicaces de Targoff éclairent les courants intellectuels et culturels qui ont profondément façonné la pensée et la créativité de la Renaissance, offrant aux lecteurs une compréhension plus riche de cette période dynamique.



A biography of Vittoria Colonna, a confidante of Michelangelo, the scion of one of the most powerful families of her era, and a pivotal figure in the Italian Renaissance.
For centuries readers have struggled to fuse the seemingly scattered pieces of John Donne's works into a complete image of the poet and priest. This book offers a way to read Donne as a writer who returned again and again to a single great subject, one that connected to his deepest intellectual and emotional concerns.
A vividly drawn Joint biography of four extraordinary Renaissance women writers who have been rescued from obscurity by scholar and critically acclaimed author, Ramie Targoff.