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Record Number:
2039
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Vickers , Nancy J.
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Title:
Diana Described: Scattered Woman and Scattered Rhyme [The author explores the connections between Laura/the goddess Diana and the poet/Actaeon. By visualizing Laura only in her perfect parts and minimizing her opportunities to speak, Petrarch affirms himself as a poet. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Feminism and Renaissance Studies. Edited by Lorna Hutson. Oxford Reading in Feminism series. Oxford University Press, 1999. Pages 233 - 248. Earlier published in Studies in Church History 27 (1990): 53-78.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Beauty in Literature
Diana (Mythological Figure)
Laura (Literary Figure)
Literature- Verse
Mythology- Classical
Petrarca, Francesco, Poet
Women in Literature
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
14
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Author's Affiliation:
Bryn Mawr College [President]
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1999.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0198782446