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    La poesia lugubre di Margherita Costa nella corte medicea del Seicento.
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2023) García Aguilar, Mónica
    In the 17th century, the lugubrious poetry constituted both a thematic and retorical renewal of the centuries-old Petrarchan tradition. Already at the end of the 16th century, lamenting the death of illustrious fgures became one of the fxed themes characteristic of Baroque poetic anthologies. Margherita Costa’s Selva di Cipressi is a clear example of this literary style. This poetic collection combines encomiastic poems composed for the death of illustrious personages of the time with other bucolic compositions. This contribution proposes an analysis not only of the lyrical style that Costa employs in her work, but also examines the socio-political and cultural context of the Medici Court that the Roman poetess wanted to show the 17th century audience.