Isabella inventrix: History and creativity in Maria Bellonci's Rinascimento privato: Romanzo.(Critical Essay) From: Italica | Date: June 22, 2002| Author: Roush, Sherry | COPYRIGHT 2002 American Association of Teachers of Italian. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Maria Bellonci pointedly specifies that her 1985 book, Rinascimento privato, is a novel, a fact that should alert the attentive reader to a more complete interpretation of the work. Earlier works by Bellonci showcase her talents as an accurate, exhaustive historian. In fact, Lucrezia Borgia (1939), which won the Premio Viareggio, and the Segreti dei Gonzaga (1947) provide minute historical reconstructions of the worlds of major figures of the Italian Renaissance, according to rigor...

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