Long-distance controversies among Florence and Venice. About the lost “Risposta” of Paolo Paruta to the “Lettera XXX” by Pseudo-Dante to Guido da Polenta (late 16th-century) Cover Image

Polemiche a distanza fra Firenze e Venezia. Sulla perduta «Risposta» di Paolo Paruta alla «Lettera XXX» dello pseudo-Dante a Guido da Polenta (secondo XVI sec.)
Long-distance controversies among Florence and Venice. About the lost “Risposta” of Paolo Paruta to the “Lettera XXX” by Pseudo-Dante to Guido da Polenta (late 16th-century)

Author(s): Marco Giani
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Library and Information Science, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Paolo Paruta; Dante; Gian Vincenzo Pinelli; Venice; Antonio Riccoboni; Ambrosiana Library; Library Science History; Pinelli’s marks; Republic of Venice; literary controversies

Summary/Abstract: The essay provides all available data useful for the discovering of an up-to-now lost text by Paolo Paruta (Venice, 1540-1598), the Risposta [Reply] to Lettera XXX by Pseudo-Dante, a fake letter published in 1547 by Florentine Anton Francesco Doni, in order to arouse a bitter anti-Venetian controversy. New evidence shows that one copy of Paruta's Risposta lay in Gian Vincenzo Pinelli library (located in Padua). In fact, Paruta and Pinelli shared a lot of interests and friends in the middle and late 16th century Padua and Venice.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 60-78
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Italian