Guittone d’Arezzo and Female Superiority through Paradox: An Antecedent of the Renaissance Querelle des Femmes?
This article aims to analyze the participation of the Italian poet Guittone d’Arezzo in the querelle des femmes, considering especially the poem Ahi lasso, che li boni e li malvagi, which anticipates some of the issues that would be central to the debate on female dignity in the following centuries....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | French |
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Iter Press
2023
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Renaissance and reformation
Year: 2023, Volume: 46, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 111-128 |
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Italian Literature
B Philogyny B Guittone d’Arezzo B Querelle des femmes B Superiority |
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| Summary: | This article aims to analyze the participation of the Italian poet Guittone d’Arezzo in the querelle des femmes, considering especially the poem Ahi lasso, che li boni e li malvagi, which anticipates some of the issues that would be central to the debate on female dignity in the following centuries. In his text, Guittone plays with paradox, overturning, undoing, and giving new form to the concepts of superiority and inferiority between men and women in order to exculpate the female sex. Later on, his arguments will serve not only some authors of the querelle but also writers such as Isotta Nogarola, Arcangela Tarabotti, and Moderata Fonte. Cet article se donne pour fin d’analyser la participation du poète italien Guittone d’Arezzo à la Querelle des femmes, en considérant en particulier le poème « Ahi lasso, che li boni e li malvagi », qui anticipe certaines des questions qui seront au coeur du débat sur la dignité féminine au cours des siècles suivants. Dans son texte, Guittone joue avec le paradoxe, bouleversant, dénouant et donnant une nouvelle forme aux concepts de supériorité et d’infériorité entre hommes et femmes, afin de disculper le sexe féminin. Ultérieurement, ses arguments seront non seulement mis à profit par certains auteurs de la Querelle mais également par des écrivains comme Isotta Nogarola, Arcangela Tarabotti et Moderata Fonte. |
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| ISSN: | 2293-7374 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Renaissance and reformation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.33137/rr.v46i3.42638 |