Epistolary Masks: Self-Presentation and Dissimulation in the Letters of Isabella d'Este.
Isabella d'Este (marchesa of Mantua, 1490–1539) desired personal authority in the political, cultural, and social spheres, while also seeking dynastic advancement. Her extensive correspondence, now in the Mantuan State Archive, was a key instrument of aggrandisement. It reveals Isabella's image mana...
| Publicado en: | Italian Studies Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 20 - 38 |
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