«The whole book is scandalous». Formiggini and the self-censorship of Brantôme’s «Le dame galanti»

In 1937, the publisher Angelo Fortunato Formiggini published in the «Classici del ridere» series in three volumes the late sixteenth-century work Le dame galanti by Pierre de Bourdeille, known as Brantôme. Upon publication, some objected that the work was scandalous and the publisher, after a carefu...

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Main Author: Antonio Castronuovo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2025-08-01
Series:Griseldaonline
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Online Access:https://griseldaonline.unibo.it/article/view/21787
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