Vittoria Colonna: Selections from the Rime Spirituali with Photographs of Josep Maria Subirachs Passion Façade

Jan Zwicky and Robert Moody

ISBN 10: 0889843708 / ISBN 13: 9780889843707

Edité par The Porcupine's Quill, 2014

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The first woman to achieve wide recognition as a poet in Renaissance Italy, Vittoria Colonna was known for her ardent, but also deeply spiritual, verses. This volume reproduces ten of her sonnets in the original Italian alongside new English versions of compelling simplicity, and complements both with a sequence of moving black and white photographs. Governor General's Award winner Jan Zwicky gives Colonna's spiritual insights a contemporary voice, while photographer and noted mathematician Robert Moody paces her words against a visual meditation on the Passion story, as conveyed by Subirachs' sculptures for the basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. The volume's juxtaposition of poetry and photography illuminates the passion, reverence, and timelessness of both Subirachs' and Colonna's work.

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• Titre: Vittoria Colonna: Selections from the Rime Spirituali with Photographs of Josep Maria Subirachs Passion Façade
• Éditeur: The Porcupine's Quill
• Date de parution: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0889843708
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780889843707
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Canadian Poetry

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Synopsis

A collection of ten Renaissance Italian poems, complemented by contemporary English versions and photographs. This volume provides a unique visual and literary context for Italian poet Vittoria Colonna's classical, spiritual themes.

À propos des auteurs

Jan Zwicky is a poet, philosopher and musician whose work is often cited for its intense lyricism. She studied philosophy at the University of Calgary, then earned her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, and subsequently taught at a number of North American universities. She is a prolific essayist and the author of a dozen books, including Lyric Philosophy and Wisdom & Metaphor. Her poetry has won the Governor General's Award (Songs for Relinquishing the Earth, 1998), the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize (Robinson's Crossing, 2004), and numerous other accolades. Originally from the prairies, Zwicky now lives on Quadra Island, British Columbia.

Robert Moody is a mathematician whose professional life has revolved around the mathematics of symmetry and long-range order. Moody studied mathematics at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Toronto, before joining the faculty at the University of Saskatchewan and, later, the University of Alberta. He is internationally recognized for his co-discovery of what are known as the Kac-Moody algebras, one of the significant advances in mathematics in the latter half of the twentieth century. His enduring pursuit of black and white photography, with its emphasis on simplicity, form and abstraction, is a visual complement to his mathematics. He is a winner of the Wigner Medal and is an Officer of the Order of Canada. He makes his residence in Victoria, British Columbia.