person
Gaspara Stampa
Gaspara Stampa (c. 1523-1554), Venetian poet whose Rime record her unanswered love for Collaltino di Collalto; for Rilke one of the supreme 'lovers' who outgrow the beloved, named again in the First Duino Elegy.
Reading notes
- Duino Elegies §1 Gaspara Stampa
Venetian poet (c.1523-1554) whose sonnets to an unfaithful lover Rilke holds up as the model of the woman whose love outgrows its object.
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §440 Gaspara Stampa
Gaspara Stampa (c.1523--1554), the Venetian poet whose Rime of unrequited love Rilke holds up, in the First Duino Elegy, as a model of loving.