Valeria Miani Negri — dramatist and poet
- Creator(s):
- Miani Negri, Valeria
- Title:
- Amorosa speranza: fauola pastorale
- Publication/Origin:
- Venice: Francesco Bolzetta, 1604
- Description:
- Valeria Miani and Isabella Andreini wrote of love, both erotic and sensual, atypical themes for women writing at this time. Both were in the sphere of the Venetian Court, part of a significant circle of women writers in the latter half of the sixteenth century. Dramatist and poet Miani was the first Italian woman to publish a tragedy. Amorosa speranza’s engraved ornamental title page depicts putti plucking leaves and making crowns of laurel, a tribute to Miani perhaps? This pastoral drama was written to be performed. It is a tale of mistaken identities, a husband lost, a new admirer, and satyrs and sprites.
- Citation:
- Miani Negri, Valeria, Amorosa speranza: fauola pastorale, Venice: Francesco Bolzetta, 1604, Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed April 25, 2024, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/3965