Virginia Cox is a professor of Italian and director of graduate studies at New York University. She is author of The Prodigious Muse: Women's Writing in Counter-Reformation Italy and Women's Writing in Italy, 1400-1650, both published by Johns Hopkins.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: Amorous VerseIn VitaIn morteVentriloquized Love PoetryPart II: Religious VersePart III: Correspondence VersePart IV: Encomia of Rulers and PatronsPart V: Political Verse Part VI: Polemical and Manifesto VersePart VII: Verse of Friendship and Family LoveIn VitaIn mortePart VIII: Other in morte VersePart IX: Verse of Place and SelfhoodPart X: Comic and Dialect VerseNotes on AuthorsAppendixesA. Poems by AuthorB. Poems by MeterC. Metrical AnalysisD. Citations and SourcesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Richly enjoyable and informative collection of lyric poems... Cox frames the poems with an admirably detailed historical introduction, a guide to technical issues (form, meter, rhythm, rhyme), capsule biographies of the poets, and consistently helpful footnotes. The result is a unique and valuable anthology that will appeal to any reader of Renaissance poetry. Highly recommended. Choice There is no doubt that Virginia Cox's work in the field has had a transformative impact on the study of Renaissance women writers in Italy in recent years. This fascinating anthology positively vibrates with the quality and interest of its contents... -- Abigail Brundin, University of Cambridge Renaissance Quarterly Lyric Poetry by Women of the Italian Renaissance is thus a monumental work in both purpose and design. Not only does it anthologize 211 poems by fifty-five women authors (both familiar and obscure), it presents a corpus of literature that while known to be vast, had no singular entry point for study... In sum, Lyric Poetry is a valuable book for both student and scholar. -- Gerry Milligan Early Modern Women It is impossible to overestimate the role that Virginia Cox has played in bringing to light, researching, and promoting awareness of and appreciation for writings by women in early modern Italy... Cox's tireless work and elegant, timely writing continue to expand our horizon and field of enquiry. -- Maria Galli Stampino Modern Language Review An invaluable anthology. -- Bryan Brazeau Year's Work in Modern Language Studies A rich source for those interested in early modern women's lyric in Italy. Particularly impressive is the overview of the field in the detailed introduction... The text could well serve the novice interested in an overview of the period and also the more experienced reader by providing access to lesser-known writers and texts. -- Veena Carlson Sixteenth Century Journal

Virginia Cox is a professor of Italian and director of graduate studies at New York University. She is author of The Prodigious Muse: Women's Writing in Counter-Reformation Italy and Women's Writing in Italy, 1400-1650, both published by Johns Hopkins.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: Amorous VerseIn VitaIn morteVentriloquized Love PoetryPart II: Religious VersePart III: Correspondence VersePart IV: Encomia of Rulers and PatronsPart V: Political Verse Part VI: Polemical and Manifesto VersePart VII: Verse of Friendship and Family LoveIn VitaIn mortePart VIII: Other in morte VersePart IX: Verse of Place and SelfhoodPart X: Comic and Dialect VerseNotes on AuthorsAppendixesA. Poems by AuthorB. Poems by MeterC. Metrical AnalysisD. Citations and SourcesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Richly enjoyable and informative collection of lyric poems... Cox frames the poems with an admirably detailed historical introduction, a guide to technical issues (form, meter, rhythm, rhyme), capsule biographies of the poets, and consistently helpful footnotes. The result is a unique and valuable anthology that will appeal to any reader of Renaissance poetry. Highly recommended. Choice There is no doubt that Virginia Cox's work in the field has had a transformative impact on the study of Renaissance women writers in Italy in recent years. This fascinating anthology positively vibrates with the quality and interest of its contents... -- Abigail Brundin, University of Cambridge Renaissance Quarterly Lyric Poetry by Women of the Italian Renaissance is thus a monumental work in both purpose and design. Not only does it anthologize 211 poems by fifty-five women authors (both familiar and obscure), it presents a corpus of literature that while known to be vast, had no singular entry point for study... In sum, Lyric Poetry is a valuable book for both student and scholar. -- Gerry Milligan Early Modern Women It is impossible to overestimate the role that Virginia Cox has played in bringing to light, researching, and promoting awareness of and appreciation for writings by women in early modern Italy... Cox's tireless work and elegant, timely writing continue to expand our horizon and field of enquiry. -- Maria Galli Stampino Modern Language Review An invaluable anthology. -- Bryan Brazeau Year's Work in Modern Language Studies A rich source for those interested in early modern women's lyric in Italy. Particularly impressive is the overview of the field in the detailed introduction... The text could well serve the novice interested in an overview of the period and also the more experienced reader by providing access to lesser-known writers and texts. -- Veena Carlson Sixteenth Century Journal

Virginia Cox is a professor of Italian and director of graduate studies at New York University. She is author of The Prodigious Muse: Women's Writing in Counter-Reformation Italy and Women's Writing in Italy, 1400-1650, both published by Johns Hopkins.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: Amorous VerseIn VitaIn morteVentriloquized Love PoetryPart II: Religious VersePart III: Correspondence VersePart IV: Encomia of Rulers and PatronsPart V: Political Verse Part VI: Polemical and Manifesto VersePart VII: Verse of Friendship and Family LoveIn VitaIn mortePart VIII: Other in morte VersePart IX: Verse of Place and SelfhoodPart X: Comic and Dialect VerseNotes on AuthorsAppendixesA. Poems by AuthorB. Poems by MeterC. Metrical AnalysisD. Citations and SourcesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Richly enjoyable and informative collection of lyric poems... Cox frames the poems with an admirably detailed historical introduction, a guide to technical issues (form, meter, rhythm, rhyme), capsule biographies of the poets, and consistently helpful footnotes. The result is a unique and valuable anthology that will appeal to any reader of Renaissance poetry. Highly recommended. Choice There is no doubt that Virginia Cox's work in the field has had a transformative impact on the study of Renaissance women writers in Italy in recent years. This fascinating anthology positively vibrates with the quality and interest of its contents... -- Abigail Brundin, University of Cambridge Renaissance Quarterly Lyric Poetry by Women of the Italian Renaissance is thus a monumental work in both purpose and design. Not only does it anthologize 211 poems by fifty-five women authors (both familiar and obscure), it presents a corpus of literature that while known to be vast, had no singular entry point for study... In sum, Lyric Poetry is a valuable book for both student and scholar. -- Gerry Milligan Early Modern Women It is impossible to overestimate the role that Virginia Cox has played in bringing to light, researching, and promoting awareness of and appreciation for writings by women in early modern Italy... Cox's tireless work and elegant, timely writing continue to expand our horizon and field of enquiry. -- Maria Galli Stampino Modern Language Review An invaluable anthology. -- Bryan Brazeau Year's Work in Modern Language Studies A rich source for those interested in early modern women's lyric in Italy. Particularly impressive is the overview of the field in the detailed introduction... The text could well serve the novice interested in an overview of the period and also the more experienced reader by providing access to lesser-known writers and texts. -- Veena Carlson Sixteenth Century Journal