Lynn Westwater

Title

Professor of Italian

Institution

The George Washington University

Current Research

Finishing a critical edition and translation of Arcangela Tarabotti's Lagrime per la morte di Regina Donà (co-translated and -edited with Meredith K. Ray).

Recent Publications

Gendering the Renaissance: Text and Context in Early Modern Italy. Edited by Meredith K. Ray and Lynn Lara Westwater (Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 2023)

Includes:
“Beyond the Wall: Gender as Nexus in Renaissance Italy.” Co-authored with Meredith K. Ray. 1-20.
“ ‘Polemics That Might Seem Spiteful in Heaven’: Female Spiritual Authority in Arcangela Tarabotti’s Paradiso Monacale.” Co-authored with Meredith K. Ray. 231-262.