Laura Terracina — poet
- Creator(s):
- Terracina, Laura
- Title:
- Rime della signora Laura Terracina
- Publication/Origin:
- Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1549
- Description:
- Neapolitan lyric poet Laura Terracina called for women to put down their needles, take up their pens, and seek the fame that would prove men wrong to doubt their abilities. She published prolifically and successfully—eight volumes during her lifetime and a ninth left in manuscript at her death. Rime, her first book, opens with a strong, elegantly cut, contemporary portrait of Terracina. She was inducted into the Accademia degli Incogniti in 1545, a rare honor for a woman. Terracina’s second book, a verse commentary on Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando furioso established her as a leading writer. This commentary is also in the collection.
- Citation:
- Terracina, Laura, Rime della signora Laura Terracina, Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1549, Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed April 18, 2025, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/3951