Complete Poetry and Prose: A Bilingual Edition (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe)

Thanks to her acclaimed volume of poetry and prose published in France in 1555, Louise Labé (1522-66) remains one of the most important and influential women writers of the Continental Renaissance. Best known for her exquisite collection of love sonnets, Labé played off the Petrarchan male tradition with wit and irony, and her elegies respond with lyric skill to predecessors such as Sappho and Ovid. The first complete bilingual edition of this singular and broad-ranging female author, Complete Poetry and Prose also features the only translations of Labé's sonnets to follow the exacting rhyme patterns of the originals and the first rhymed translation of Labé's elegies in their entirety. "Thanks to her acclaimed volume of poetry and prose published in France in 1555, Louise Labe; (1522-66) remains one of the most important and influential women writers of the Continental Renaissance. Best known for her exquisite collection of love sonnets, Labe; played off the Petrarchan male tradition with wit and irony, and her elegies respond with lyric skill to predecessors such as Sappho and Ovid. The first complete bilingual edition of this singular and broad-ranging female author, Complete Poetry and Prose also features the only translations of Labe;'s sonnets to follow the exacting rhyme patterns of the originals and the first rhymed translation of Labe;'s elegies in their entirety"--Publisher I. Prose -- Prose Translator's Note -- Epistre Dedicatoire/dedicatory Letter -- Debat De Folie Et D'amour/debate Of Folly And Love -- Ii. Poetry -- Poetry Translator's Note -- Elegies/elegies -- Sonnets/sonnets. Louise Labé ; Edited With Critical Introductions And Prose Translations By Deborah Lesko Baker And Poetry Translations By Annie Finch. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 221-260) And Indexes. Text In English And French. Thanks to her acclaimed volume of poetry and prose published in France in 1555, Louise Labé (1522-66) remains one of the most important and influential women writers of the Continental Renaissance. Best known for her exquisite collection of love sonnets