The Defiant Muse: Italian Feminist Poems from the Midd: A Bilingual Anthology
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Each bilingual volume in The Defiant Muse series includes 60 to 80 poems by both well-known and rediscovered poets, selected on the basis of their individual merit and as illustrations of the evolution of feminist thought and feeling. Reflecting their own cultural milieus as well as enduring themes, the poets write of love and friendship, revolution and peace, religion, nature, isolation, work, and family. The Dutch, French, German, and Italian volumes represent their respective countries; the Hispanic volume includes poems from the many Spanish-speaking nations; and the Hebrew volume encompasses writing in Hebrew from around the world. The poems are presented in their original languages alongside English translations. Each volume includes an introduction, placing the poetry in historical and aesthetic perspective, and full biographical and bibliographical notes on the poets.Library JournalCompiled after extensive research here and in Italy, this anthology in the ``Defiant Muse'' series see above contains 76 poems by over 50 Italian women, many unknown even in Italy and all (but one, who writes in English) appearing in English for the first time. While 20th-century poets predominate, as one might expect, this volume dramatically displays ``the many common threads that connect women beyond differences of class and culture, time and place.'' Speaking of ``the redness of my rage,'' Livia Candiani (born 1952) echoes Modesta dal Pozzo's (1555-1592) words on a daughter: ``She would not in lofty enterprise or light/ Inferior or unequal to her brother be.'' Highly recommended for academic and larger public libraries. Marica G. Fuchs, Guilford Free Lib . , Ct. Neruda, Pablo. One Hundred Love Sonnets/Cien Sonetos de Amor.
