Selected Poems and Translations

by Madeleine de l'Aubespine

Madeleine de l'Aubespine (1546-1596), the toast of courtly and literary circles in sixteenth-century Paris, penned beautiful love poems to famous women of her day. The well-connected daughter and wife of prominent French secretaries of state, l'Aubespine was celebrated by her male peers for her erotic lyricism and scathingly original voice.

Rather than adopt the conventional self-effacement that defined female poets of the time, l'Aubespine's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226141942
• ISBN13: 9780226141947
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.9" x 9.0"