Valeria Miani's "Celinda" (1611), the only female-authored secular tragedy of early modern Italy, is here made available for the first time in a modern edition.

Celinda, A Tragedy: A Bilingual Edition (Volume 8) (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series)

Literature & Fiction

Miani, Valeria

Dramas & Plays

Iter Press

A seventeenth-century play showing the reality of life for women. &nbsp; Valeria Miani's Amorous Hope is a play of remarkable richness, subtlety, and verve. It presents a scathing exposure of society's double-standards and it champions women's dramatic agency by centering on the bleak reality they often faced, a reality that attempted to harm and silence its victims. The play's salient episodes reflect realities modern women still face today. &nbsp; Miani's literary achievements attest to her emergence as a cultural protagonist alongside Europe's most talented women writers, such as Isabella Andreini, and she challenged the premodern notion that a woman's eloquence is an indication of her sexual promiscuity. &nbsp;

Amorous Hope, A Pastoral Play: A Bilingual Edition (Volume 83) (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series)

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Celinda, A Tragedy: A Bilingual Edition (Volume 8) (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series)

Amorous Hope, A Pastoral Play: A Bilingual Edition (Volume 83) (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series)