Arcangela

Meredith Ray is the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Italian at Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of numerous books on women in early modern Italy, and her research has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Fulbright Foundation, and others. With Lynn Westwater, she has edited and translated several works by the Venetian nun Arcangela Tarabotti. She lives in Philadelphia.


Lynn Westwater is Professor of Italian and Chair of Romance, German and Slavic Studies at The George Washington University, She received her BA from University of Pennsylvania and her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and has lived extensively in Italy, including in Venice. She has published widely on early modern Italian women, and her work been supported by the Whiting Foundation and the Fulbright Foundation.Books with Meredith K. Ray, include several editions of Arcangela Tarabotti's works, including Letters Familiar and Formal, Convent Paradise, and Tears for Regina Dona. She lives in Arlington, VA.


Together, they have translated several of Arcangela Tarabotti's works, including an-award winning edition of her letters. Their work on Tarabotti has been recognized with grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.