Such women, unless they were nuns of spotless repute, were routinely denounced as lascivious whores-insufficiently under the thumb of their male relatives, and so likely to subvert the lines of patriarchal inheritance. By this means, whether innocently or with forethought, she was able to defuse the intense hostility usually displayed towards women who attempted to cultivate a public voice. She made her reputation as a univira-a once-married woman who remains loyal to her dead husband. Colonna did not, however, remarry, and this refusal appears to have been crucial to her success as a writer. It is thought that, although they belonged to opposing factions, both men were alert to her political value as a marriageable property and did not want her sequestered in a convent. There were no children, and in 1525 D'Avalos died as a result of injuries sustained at the battle of Pavia.Ĭolonna retreated to the convent of San Silvestro in Rome and professed a desire to take orders but was forbidden to do so by both her brother and the pope. She saw him only infrequently after that, although they corresponded. They lived together near Naples for two years before D'Avalos left to fight in the wars against the French. She was betrothed at a very young age to Francesco Ferrante D'Avalos, and in 1509 was married to him. Vittoria Colonna was born into a rich and powerful family at Marino, near Rome, in 1490 or 1492.
He is internationally recognized for his co-discovery of what are known as the Kac-Moody algebras, one of the significant advances in mathematics in the latter half of the twentietĮxcerpt. Moody studied mathematics at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Toronto, before joining the faculty at the University of Saskatchewan and, later, the University of Alberta. Robert Moody is a mathematician whose professional life has revolved around the mathematics of symmetry and long-range order. Her poetry has won the Governor General's Award ( Songs for Relinquishing the Earth, 1998 She is a prolific essayist and the author of a dozen books, including Lyric Philosophy and Wisdom & Metaphor. at the University of Toronto, and subsequently taught at a number of North American universities. She studied philosophy at the University of Calgary, then earned her Ph.D. Jan Zwicky is a poet, philosopher and musician whose work is often cited for its intense lyricism. This volume provides a unique visual and literary context for Italian poet Vittoria Colonna's classical, spiritual themes. Purchase includes: PDF Read reviews on Amazon & GoodreadsĪ collection of ten Renaissance Italian poems, complemented by contemporary English versions and photographs.
0 kommentar(er)
