The essay proposes a reading of Cicognini's Don Gastone di Moncada as a comedy on the virtues of Fidelity and Constancy. The character of D. Merichex and his soliloquy in II.9 is written by drawing on theological references; the eloquence of D. Violante is written in dialogue with the literal quotation of a censored novel by Ferrante Pallavicino, La Pudicizia schernita (1638), a book that rewrites a Bandello’s novel and that’s inscribed in the fortune of the Lucrezia Romana episode, the interest of which is retraced by the Accademia degli Incogniti. The quotation of extensive passages from the novel compared with the two printed versions of Cicognini's play opens up new possibilities for investigating the writing and stage life of this famous text.
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Titolo del capitolo
Una questione di costanza. Ferrante Pallavicino nel Don Gastone di Moncada di Giacinto Andrea Cicognini
Autori
Simona Morando
Lingua
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0857-4.06
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Copyright
© 2026 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Titolo del libro
La recepción del teatro clásico español en Europa (siglos XVII-XVIII)
Curatori
Fausta Antonucci, Salomé Vuelta García
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
300
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Copyright
© 2026 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0857-4
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0856-7
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0857-4
Collana
Moderna/Comparata
ISSN della collana
2704-5641
e-ISSN della collana
2704-565X