Ebook156 pages3 hours
Selected Poems and Translations: A Bilingual Edition
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
Madeleine de l’Aubespine (1546–1596), the toast of courtly and literary circles in sixteenth-century Paris, penned beautiful love poems to famous women of her day. The well-connected daughter and wife of prominent French secretaries of state, l’Aubespine was celebrated by her male peers for her erotic lyricism and scathingly original voice.
Rather than adopt the conventional self-effacement that defined female poets of the time, l’Aubespine’s speakers are sexual, dominant, and defiant; and her subjects are women who are able to manipulate, rebuke, and even humiliate men.
Unavailable in English until now and only recently identified from scattered and sometimes misattributed sources, l’Aubespine’s poems and literary works are presented here in Anna Klosowska’s vibrant translation. This collection, which features one of the first French lesbian sonnets as well as reproductions of l’Aubespine’s poetic translations of Ovid and Ariosto, will be heralded by students and scholars in literature, history, and women’s studies as an important addition to the Renaissance canon.
Rather than adopt the conventional self-effacement that defined female poets of the time, l’Aubespine’s speakers are sexual, dominant, and defiant; and her subjects are women who are able to manipulate, rebuke, and even humiliate men.
Unavailable in English until now and only recently identified from scattered and sometimes misattributed sources, l’Aubespine’s poems and literary works are presented here in Anna Klosowska’s vibrant translation. This collection, which features one of the first French lesbian sonnets as well as reproductions of l’Aubespine’s poetic translations of Ovid and Ariosto, will be heralded by students and scholars in literature, history, and women’s studies as an important addition to the Renaissance canon.
Related to Selected Poems and Translations
Related ebooks
Selected Letters, Orations, and Rhetorical Dialogues Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Memoirs of the Life of Henriette-Sylvie de Moliere: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExemplary Tales of Love and Tales of Disillusion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Complete Writings: Letterbook, Dialogue on Adam and Eve, Orations Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFloridoro: A Chivalric Romance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Convent of Pleasure Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dutch Lover: "There is no sinner like a young saint." Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Unnatural Combat: "Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFeminine Rose. A Collection of Lesbian Love Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGrand Larcenies: Translations and Imitations of Ten Dutch Poets Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGale Researcher Guide for: Edmund Spenser's The Fairie Queene Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Balcony: A Play Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Edith Wharton in France Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Blacks: A Clown Show Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz's "Loa to Divine Narcissus" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Diary of an Ennuyée Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe History of Mary Prince Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Love in a Wood or St James Park: 'Women serve but to keep a man from better company'' Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMisgivings: My Mother, My Father, Myself Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Way of the World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Suppliants Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Lac/Athabasca Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChild: New and Selected Poems 1991–2011 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQuartet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Berenice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Accidental: Poems Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Urban Plays of the Early Abbey Theatre: Beyond O'Casey Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsItself Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man A Fish Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Literary Criticism For You
One Hundred Years of Solitude: A Novel by Gabriel Garcia Márquez | Conversation Starters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Seduction: by Robert Greene | Conversation Starters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The 48 Laws of Power: by Robert Greene | Conversation Starters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Court of Thorns and Roses: A Novel by Sarah J. Maas | Conversation Starters Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Verity: by Colleen Hoover | Conversation Starters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bad Feminist: Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/512 Rules For Life: by Jordan Peterson | Conversation Starters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Man's Search for Meaning: by Viktor E. Frankl | Conversation Starters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer | Conversation Starters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Circe: by Madeline Miller | Conversation Starters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain | Conversation Starters Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Power of Habit: by Charles Duhigg | Conversation Starters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A study guide for Frank Herbert's "Dune" Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Letters to a Young Poet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5SUMMARY Of The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in Healthy Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.by Brené Brown | Conversation Starters Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lincoln Lawyer: A Mysterious Profile Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKillers of the Flower Moon: by David Grann | Conversation Starters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Related categories
Reviews for Selected Poems and Translations
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Selected Poems and Translations - Madeleine de l'Aubespine
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1