Anna Wainwright
Biographic Data
| ID | 1223884 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Wainwright |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Wainwright |
| SIGNATURE | WAINWRIGHT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Hampshire |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Teaching Race, Gender, and Women in the Renaissance
Dante's Tears
Dante's Tears: The Poetics of Weeping from “Vita nuova” to the “Commedia.” Rossana Fenu Barbera. Biblioteca dell'“Archivum Romanicum,” Serie 1: Storia, Letteratura, Paleografia 468.Florence: Olschki, 2017. xviii + 218 pp. €34. - Volume 73 Issue 1
Teaching Widowed Women, Community, and Devotion in Quattrocento Florence with Lucrezia Tornabuoni and Antonia Tanini Pulci
In the Middle Ages and the early modern period, a woman's social identity changed when her husband died. She became both a symbol of his loss, and a living monument to his legacy-an ambassador between the living and the dead. Responsible not only for preserving his memory on earth, a widow was also expected to pray on behalf of her husband's soul, to work to rescue him from the torments of Purgatory through her dutiful appeals. Widows were at onc…
A Simple Virgin Speaks
This article analyzes Isabella Cervoni's Orazione [ ... ] al santissimo, e beatissimo padre, e signor nostro, Papa Clemente ottavo, sopra l’impresa di Ferrara, con una canzone [ ... ] a’ prencipi cristiani (Bologna: Giovanni Battista Bellagamba, 1598), a bold call to war through which the young female poet strategically inserts her voice into the complex political debate of the 1590s. Cervoni redeploys the words of well-known historians and poets…
Traditional (Oral) Izibongo and Modern (Written) Poetry in Zulu and Xhosa
This paper touches very briefly upon the development of complex praise poetry from simple praise names. Comment is made on past speculation on the trends in traditional praise poetry. The effects of Westernization, the concomitant introduction of new themes in written poetry and the distinction between traditional (oral) izibongo and modern (written) poetry is discussed. The article concentrates on assessing previous research findings concerning …
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Traditional (Oral) Izibongo and Modern (Written) Poetry in Zulu and Xhosa
This paper touches very briefly upon the development of complex praise poetry from simple praise names. Comment is made on past speculation on the trends in traditional praise poetry. The effects of Westernization, the concomitant introduction of new themes in written poetry and the distinction between traditional (oral) izibongo and modern (written) poetry is discussed. The article concentrates on assessing previous research findings concerning …
A Simple Virgin Speaks
This article analyzes Isabella Cervoni's Orazione [ ... ] al santissimo, e beatissimo padre, e signor nostro, Papa Clemente ottavo, sopra l’impresa di Ferrara, con una canzone [ ... ] a’ prencipi cristiani (Bologna: Giovanni Battista Bellagamba, 1598), a bold call to war through which the young female poet strategically inserts her voice into the complex political debate of the 1590s. Cervoni redeploys the words of well-known historians and poets…
Teaching Widowed Women, Community, and Devotion in Quattrocento Florence with Lucrezia Tornabuoni and Antonia Tanini Pulci
In the Middle Ages and the early modern period, a woman's social identity changed when her husband died. She became both a symbol of his loss, and a living monument to his legacy-an ambassador between the living and the dead. Responsible not only for preserving his memory on earth, a widow was also expected to pray on behalf of her husband's soul, to work to rescue him from the torments of Purgatory through her dutiful appeals. Widows were at onc…
Dante's Tears
Dante's Tears: The Poetics of Weeping from “Vita nuova” to the “Commedia.” Rossana Fenu Barbera. Biblioteca dell'“Archivum Romanicum,” Serie 1: Storia, Letteratura, Paleografia 468.Florence: Olschki, 2017. xviii + 218 pp. €34. - Volume 73 Issue 1
Teaching Race, Gender, and Women in the Renaissance
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