‘Donna il cui carme gli animi soggioga’: Eighteenth-Century Italian Women Improvisers

The article, by way of the careers of two of the most famous eighteenth century Italian improvisers, Corilla Olimpica and Teresa Bandettini, investigates the way in which favourable socio-cultural circumstances allowed a number of Italian women living in the 18th century to make use of the widesprea...

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Main Author: Antonella Giordano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of Early Modern Studies
Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-jems/article/view/7095
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spelling doaj-c378242708ab4820a804da1cc6794fed2020-11-25T02:36:40ZengFirenze University PressJournal of Early Modern Studies2279-71492018-03-01710.13128/JEMS-2279-7149-2284118749‘Donna il cui carme gli animi soggioga’: Eighteenth-Century Italian Women ImprovisersAntonella Giordano0Laboratorio editoriale OA / Dip. LILSIThe article, by way of the careers of two of the most famous eighteenth century Italian improvisers, Corilla Olimpica and Teresa Bandettini, investigates the way in which favourable socio-cultural circumstances allowed a number of Italian women living in the 18th century to make use of the widespread fashion of their time for extempore poetry to excel in an occupation, gaining success together with acceptance and advancement in society, thus taking one of the earliest steps forward in the history of women’s liberation. https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-jems/article/view/7095
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description The article, by way of the careers of two of the most famous eighteenth century Italian improvisers, Corilla Olimpica and Teresa Bandettini, investigates the way in which favourable socio-cultural circumstances allowed a number of Italian women living in the 18th century to make use of the widespread fashion of their time for extempore poetry to excel in an occupation, gaining success together with acceptance and advancement in society, thus taking one of the earliest steps forward in the history of women’s liberation.
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