Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-344) and index.
Contents
Ischia and the birth of a salon -- From Naples to Venice : the publication of two salons -- Rome : the Salt War letters of Vittoria Colonna -- Between Rome and Venice : the temples of Giovanna d'Aragona -- Laudomia Forteguerri's Canzoniere and the fall of Siena -- Florence : intimate dialogues and the end of the reform movement.