Selected Letters of Alessandra Strozzi, Bilingual edition (Biblioteca Italiana): Volume 9 (Biblioteca Italiana, 9, Band 9) - Softcover

Strozzi, Alessandra; Gregory, Heather

 
9780520203907: Selected Letters of Alessandra Strozzi, Bilingual edition (Biblioteca Italiana): Volume 9 (Biblioteca Italiana, 9, Band 9)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0520203909 ISBN 13: 9780520203907
Verlag: University of California Press, 1997

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The letters of Alessandra Strozzi provide a vivid and spirited portrayal of life in fifteenth-century Florence. Among the richest autobiographical materials to survive from the Italian Renaissance, the letters reveal a woman who fought stubbornly to preserve her family's property and position in adverse circumstances, and who was an acute observer of Medicean society. Her letters speak of political and social status, of the concept of honor, and of the harshness of life, including the plague and the loss of children. They are also a guide to Alessandra's inner life over a period of twenty-three years, revealing the pain and sorrow, and, more rarely, the joy and triumph, with which she responded to the events unfolding around her.

This edition includes translations, in full or in part, of 35 of the 73 extant letters. The selections carry forward the story of Alessandra's life and illustrate the range of attitudes, concerns, and activities which were characteristic of their author.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Heather Gregory is Assistant Registrar in the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition, Australian Commonwealth Government Department of Employment, Education, and Training in Canberra.

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"The liveliness of Ms. Gregory's translation . . . reminds me anew what a marvelous window these letters offer into the experience of a past world."—Dale Kent, author of The Rise of the Medici

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"The liveliness of Ms. Gregory's translation . . . reminds me anew what a marvelous window these letters offer into the experience of a past world." Dale Kent, author of The Rise of the Medici

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Verlag
University of California Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1997
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0520203909
ISBN 13 
9780520203907
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
266
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