Ep. 36: Gaspara Stampa - Venetian Renaissance Poet

Gaspara Stampa is among the most important poets of the Renaissance. Living in Venice, she was a central figure in the music and literary scene thriving during the sixteenth century. Her Rime, published the year of her death, give us insight to the brilliant mind of an upper class socialite with a complicated love life, far flung from the rigid confines of what we might expect from a Renaissance woman in a male dominated world.Looking at her life and two sonnets, this discussion elaborates her role within the larger context of the Italian literary tradition, especially through Petrarch, and how these modes and tropes can be adapted and reworked through the culture of the Venetian Renaissance. Instagram/Facebook: italian_renaissance_podcastTiktok: @italianrenaissancepodEtsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ItalianRenShopThe Florentine Renaissance CourseSupport the show