 | Love''s Wounds: Violence and the Politics of Poetry in Early Modern Europe Subjects: European poetry -- Renaissance 1450–1600 -- History and criticism; Love poetry European -- History and criticism; Petrarca Francesco 1304–1374 -- Influence; Violence in literature; Literature and state -- Europe -- History -- 16th century; Love's Wounds takes an in-depth look at the widespread language of violence and abjection in early modern European love poetry. Cynthia N. Nazarian is Assistant Professor in the Department of French and Italian at Northwestern University. |
