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Showing posts with label Sappho. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sappho. Show all posts
Monday, November 23, 2015

Hrotsvita of Gandersheim, a "Strong Voice" in the Tenth Century

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Hrotsvita of Gandersheim (23 November) First, an explanation of why I am posting today about Hrotsvita and the relevance of 23 November...
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Sunday, November 15, 2015

Madeleine de Scudéry, "the Incomparable Sappho"

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Madeleine de Scudéry (born 15 November 1607) Ridiculed and satirized by many of her male contemporaries, Madeleine de Scudéry was, des...
Friday, October 16, 2015

Sarra Copia Sulam, Poet in Seventeenth-Century Venice

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Sarra Copia Sulam (16 October 1622) As with several other posts, the date for this piece on Sarra Copia Sulam needs a bit of explanatio...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Marie le Jars de Gournay and the Writing Woman

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Marie le Jars de Gournay (born 6 October 1565) Marie le Jars was the first of six children born to Guillaume le Jars, a minor aristo...
Thursday, September 3, 2015

Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, "An Ornament to France for All Time"

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Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (died 3 September 1711) Born in Paris on 3 October 1648, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron was the daughter of Henri Chér...
Friday, July 31, 2015

Sibylla Schwarz: A German "Sappho"

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Sibylla Schwarz (died 31 July 1638) Born on 14 February 1621 in the German city of Greifswald, on the Baltic sea, the poet Sibylla Schw...
Sunday, June 21, 2015

Sappho of Lesbos: The "Tenth Muse"

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Sappho of Lesbos (new poem published 21 June 2005) Today's post on Sappho may seem oddly dated--but we know so little about the li...