Article: Retorica della diffrazione: Bembo, Aretino, Giulio Romano e Tasso. Letteratura e scena cortigiana.(Book review)

Retorica della diffrazione: Bembo, Aretino, Giulio Romano e Tasso. Letteratura e scena cortigiana. By Fabio Finotti. (Biblioteca di 'Lettere Italiane', Studi e testi, 63) Florence: Olschki. 2004. 466 pp.; 20 plates. 46 [euro]. ISBN 88-222-53-841.

This very rich volume, which discusses aspects of courtly literature, drama, and the pastoral, with reference also to the visual arts, is the result of research partly presented at seminars and courses in Italy and the USA. The fact that much of the text had been discussed with postgraduates and colleagues has perhaps led the author to be confident that his title 'retorica della diffrazione' would pose no problems, and ...

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