The Disperata, from Medieval Italy to Renaissance France (Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture)

Synopsis

This Study Explores How The Themes Of The Disperata Genre - Including Hopelessness, Death, Suicide, Doomed Love, Collective Trauma, And Damnations - Are Creatively Adopted By Poets In Italy And France, To Establish A Tradition That At Times Merges With, And At Times Subverts, Petrarchism. The Italian Disperata / Origins And Definitions -- The Female-voiced Disperata -- The Disperata In The Quattrocento -- The Disperata In The Cinquecento -- The Disperata In France -- Disperata And Døsespoir. By Gabriella Scarlatta. Medieval Institute Publications Is A Program Of The Medieval Institute, College Of Arts And Sciences Series Numbering Provided By Publisher. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.