Poetry and Censorship in Counter-Reformation Italy

Jennifer Helm, Ph.D. (2010), Göttingen University, Germany, is lecturer in Romance Literary Studies at the same university. She has published articles on Catholic censorship of literary works.

• Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Document Finding List 1 Control of Literature as a Strategy of Catholic ReformationMotives and Modes of Influence 2 Approaching Censorial Reading 2.1 The Virgin Text 2.2 Who is the Author of a Sinful Text? 2.3 The Author in Censorship Practice 2.4 Tracing the Imagined Reader 3 Mechanisms of the Roman Index 3.1 The “Libri-Omnes”-Principle 3.2 On the Censorship of Literary Genres 3.3 Manipulation of ‘Stylistic’ Modes of Writing? 3.4 Reflections on Criteria of the Inquisitio of Text 4 Censures of the Marvellous 4.1 A Prohibition of Wonders? 4.2 The Marvellous, Characters and Action 4.2.1 Human Characters and Animals with Supernatural Powers 4.2.2 Supernatural Beings 4.2.3 Objects and Places 4.3 Marvel and Fate4.4 Censorship and Guided Reading4.5 Shaping Narrative Structures – On the Fantastic5 Censures of Love5.1 On Freedom and ‘Reality’ of the Word5.2 Forbidden Goddesses 5.3 Disillusioning the Lover5.4 Intimacy Locked Away: Trimming Literary Genres6 Censoring Laughter6.1 Sensitivity for Verbal Expression6.2 Privileged Treatment and National Sentiment6.3 Hidden Danger in Comic Poetry7 Self-Censorship and Poetic Counter-Strategies7.1 Between Publication and Censorship 7.2 A Poetic Apology of Love Lyrics?7.2.1 Embedding the Story and Defining Love7.2.2 Love and Freedom7.2.3 Contemplation and Enlightenment7.2.4 Self-Reflection and Anticipated Conversion7.2.5 Martyrdom and Deification7.2.6 An Attempt to Speak of Two Loves at the Same Time7.2.7 A New Way of Contemplation and an Untypical End7.3 A New Book Project or Censorship?Conclusion AppendicesEditorial NotesDocuments 1: Cases and JudgementsDocuments 2: Relating Documents BibliographyIndex of Names