Lynn Westwater
Title
Professor of Italian
Institution
The George Washington University
Current Research
Finishing a bilingual critical edition of Arcangela Tarabotti's Lagrime per la morte di Regina Donà (co-translated and -edited with Meredith K. Ray).
Recent Publications
Arcangela Tarabotti. Inferno monacale. A cura di Meredith K. Ray, Elissa B. Weaver, and Lynn Lara Westwater (Roma: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2025)
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.
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.