LA DONNA COME DEA: INFLUENZE CLASSICHE E INNOVAZIONE NELLA POESIA DI LAURA BATTIFERRA / THE WOMAN AS GODDESS: CLASSICAL INFLUENCES E INNOVATION IN LAURA BATTIFERRA'S POETRY

Anna Griva

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In questo articolo la posizione delle donne viene esaminata attraverso le poesie del Primo libro delle opere toscane (1560) di Laura Battiferra. Più specificamente l'oggetto di questo studio è il ruolo della femmina nel quadro della comunicazione dell'essere umano con i poteri trascendentali. La donna nei poemi di Battiferra è un'entità con proprietà divine, che rivela agli uomini i segreti di un mondo eterno e indistruttibile, mentre sia la sua visione che le opzioni espressive del poeta sono fortemente influenzate dagli echi delle opere classiche. Particolare enfasi è data allo studio comparativo dei frammenti saffici con i versi della poetessa, che spesso si incontrano in questioni cruciali e denotano una visione comune del mondo. La poesia di Battiferra può svelare il modo in cui il mondo rinascimentale mette in primo piano la femmina, come creatore dell'evoluzione sociale, nonché un catalizzatore per la comprensione del mistero cosmico.

In this article the position of the women is examined through the poems of Primo libro delle opere toscane (1560) by Laura Battiferra. More specifically the object of this study is the role of female in the frame of the communication of human with the transcendental powers. The woman in the poems of Battiferra is an entity with divine properties, which reveals to the humans the secrets of an eternal and indestructible world, while both her view and the expressive options of the poet are greatly influenced by the echoes of the classical works. Special emphasis is given to the comparative study of the Sapphic fragments to the verses of the poet, which often meet each other in crucial issues and they denote a common worldview. The poetry of Battiferra can uncover the way the Renaissance world foregrounds the female, as creator of the social evolution, as well as a catalyst for the understanding of the cosmic mystery. 

 

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Laura Battiferra, Primo libro delle opere toscane, influenze classiche, Saffo, poesia rinascimentale / Laura Battiferra, Primo libro delle opere toscane, classical influences, Sappho, Renaissance poetry

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