Amorous Hope, A Pastoral Play – A Bilingual Edition

• Acknowledgments Illustrations Introduction The Other Voice Life, Works, and Afterlife of Valeria Miani The Ricovrati of Padua The Ricovrati on the Education of Women Miani among the “Illustrious and Famous Poets of Italy”: Contributions to Polinnia (1609) and the Gareggiamento poetico (1611) Miani’s Madrigal in Paolo Bozi’s Vita, attioni, miracoli (1614) Miani’s Amorosa speranza and Female-Authored Pastoral Drama Amorosa speranza: Structure and Themes Note on the Italian Text Note on the Transcription Note on the Translation Amorosa speranza / Amorous Hope Notes to the Italian Text Notes to the English Translation Appendix Selections from Polinnia Selections from Gareggiamento poetico, Le Lodi (Part Four) Bibliography Index

“Joining recent publications of other drama by Italian women around 1600, Miani’s Amorous Hope is a work of considerable interest by a playwright only recently becoming better known after long neglect. Coller’s introduction, which makes use of excellent and up-to-date scholarship, persuasively presents Miani’s participation within a network of literati and academia members and pursues this topic of interconnections through a detailed account of her poems published in anthologies alongside the verses of others. Its discussion of the play focuses on Miani’s treatment of the main issue: male injustices to women, and the corrections or penalties delivered by the two leading female characters. As Coller points out, the lessons given by female characters are also the lessons to the audience by the playwright herself.”