Packet 2: Tossup 14

A soapmaking poet from this modern country included “Against the Unlearned Poet” in a collection titled for her being a “posthumous muse.” The speaker of a poem from this country says “neither tears, nor sighs, nor zest / Wakes pity in [a] cruel lover’s breast” after asking “ladies” to “picture a gentle knight.” An ornate 17th-century style from this modern country is named for the poet who wrote the epic poem Adonis. (-5[2])Poems of Widowhood (10[1])collects “spiritual rhymes” by a poet from this modern country who corresponded (-5[1])with a famous painter. (-5[1])A 16th-century woman from this country, who dedicated “Deeply repentant of my sinful ways” (10[1])and 310 (-5[1])other poems to her aristocratic (10[1]-5[1])lover, is mentioned in the first Duino Elegy, which was itself (10[2])written (10[2])in this (10[1])country. (10[2]-5[3])For 10 points, what modern-day country was home to Vittoria Colonna (10[1])and Gaspara (10[1])Stampa? (10[3])■END■ (10[8]0[1])

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