The Imprint of genius: Tasso's Sonnet to Isabella Andreini. A Commentary on Ferdinando Taviani's "Bella d'Asia: Torquato Tasso, gli attori e l'immortalità"
2001; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 22; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.33137/q.i..v22i2.9326
ISSN2293-7382
Autores Tópico(s)European Cultural and National Identity
Resumoafter the tragic early death of his famous wife Isabella, who suffered a mis- carriage in Lyon in June 1604 on their way home from performing at the French court of Henry IV and Maria de' Medici.He then set about pub- lishing her remaining works in an attempt to bring her some of the posthumous fame he felt she so richly deserved.Three years after her death he brought out an edition of her Lettere which opened with a dedi- cation to Carlo Emanuele Duca di Savoia purportedly written and signed by his "umilissima e divotissima serva Isabella Andreini."Since it is dated, "Di Venetia, 14 marzo 1607," 1 and since this date continues to appear in all later editions there can be no doubt that Francesco was indicating that he was speaking on the dead Isabella's behalf.Moreover, the words that he puts into her mouth in the dedication reveal his preoccupation
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