A Decade of Italian Women, vol. 1 (of 2)
CHAPTER V.
Vittoria, a widow, with the Nuns of San Silvestro.—Returns to Ischia.—Her Poetry divisible into two classes.—Specimens of her Sonnets.—They rapidly attain celebrity throughout Italy.—Vittoria's sentiments towards her husband.—Her unblemished character.—Platonic love.—The love poetry of the Sixteenth Century 328