Publisher's Synopsis
Although her literary output was small, Louise Labe's reputation is great. Her name is associated with the literary and intellectual forces in Lyons in the 16th century and with that of the growing role of women in society. Her poetry appealed to late Elizabethan England, and a translation of her work by Robert Greene was published in 1584 and again in 1587, 1593 and 1604. Is her celebrity to be attributed to the fact that she was a woman? Was she an intellectual, or a courtesan, or both? What is it that enables her work to trascend the changing tastes of the centuries? This volume explores these questions in depth and provides a most readable account of the life and work of this fascinating poet.
