Writing Beloveds : Humanist Petrarchism and the Politics of Gender

Writing Beloveds considers the way in which a poetic convention, the 'beloved' to whom Renaissance amatory poetry was addressed, becomes influential political rhetoric, an instrument that both men and women used to shape and justify their claims to power.

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Main Author: Feng, Aileen A. (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: University of Toronto Press 20161121
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Summary:Writing Beloveds considers the way in which a poetic convention, the 'beloved' to whom Renaissance amatory poetry was addressed, becomes influential political rhetoric, an instrument that both men and women used to shape and justify their claims to power.
ISBN:oapen_625679
9781487514716
Access:Open Access