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This 3 page paper examines the collection of poetry 'Women Poets of the Italian Renaissance.' Bibliography lists 1 source.
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development in the arts, generally considered to have occurred in the 14th and 15th centuries, as part of the great Renaissance that swept through all Europe. This paper considers this
collection with regard to the common themes the poets explored, and how they compare with todays society and womens place in it. Discussion The first thing that we might want
to consider is the books subtitle: Courtly ladies and courtesans. Immediately we might wonder if the poems will consider the eternal Madonna/whore dichotomy; that is, the idea that women are
of only two types, good and bad. It appears that there might be some thinking along these lines, but the real split appears to be between spiritual and romantic poetry,
sometimes by the same writer. Perhaps the best thing to do is to take two poems at random and look at them in detail. Before we do that, however, lets
just look at some of the first lines of the poems. If we do that, we find such things as "Loosen your golden tresses, lovely Venus"; "Behold the
mighty King!"; and "Where is your valor, my beloved country?" (Stortoni and Lillie, 1997). This is an interesting selection since it seems to contain a wide range of subjects. Venus
is the goddess of earthly love; she goes back at least to the Greeks, who called her Aphrodite. In the second poem, the "King" refers to Christ, so we have
gone from paganism to spirituality. Finally, the third title suggests that this writer is talking about politics! Lets examine the three in detail. Here are the first two stanzas
of "Behold the Mighty King": Behold the mighty King! / Now open up the gates / O thou infernal prince! / Do not resist his will. / He is the
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