Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 3 (of 3)Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
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Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 3 (of 3)
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Authors -- Biography; Scientists -- Biography
Torquato Tasso appointed one of the personal Attendants
Cardinal D'Este 131
Zoilus 131
1565. Torquato Tasso at Ferrara, in the Service of Cardinal Luigi 132
Marriage of Alfonso Duke of Ferrara 132
Death of Pope Pius IV. 133
Torquato becomes acquainted with Lucretia and Leonora
Este 133
A quotation from his "Aminta" 134
1568. Marriage of the Princess Anna of Este with the Duke
Guise 136
Marriage of Lucretia D'Este with the Prince of Urbino 136
Torquato Tasso accompanies the Cardinal Luigi, as Legate,
the Court of France 138
Two or three Anecdotes related of him 139
1572. Arrival of Tasso at Rome 140
His Reception by Pope Pius V. 140
Admitted into the Service of the Duke Alfonso 140
His "Aminta" 141
His "Torindo" and "Torrismondo" 143
His Illness 144
His Escape to Rome, with the Duke Alfonso's Consent 146
He returns to Ferrara 146
An Incident occurs to him which establishes him a Hero 147
His Malady 148
Is confined as a Lunatic by the Duke Alfonso 148
Efforts of the Duke to calm his Mind 149
His Love for the Princess Leonora 149
He visits his Sister 150
1579. Committed as a Lunatic to St Anne's Hospital 152
His Letter to Scipio Gonzaga 152
1581. Death of the Princess Leonora 156
Its Effect on Tasso 156
1586. Liberation of Tasso 157
His Controversy with the Della Cruscan Academy 158
His last Work, "Sette Giornate" 158
He recovers his Mother's Dowry 158
The Pope grants him a Pension 158
Manso, his Account of his Interview with Tasso during
Time he supposed he was visited by a Spirit 159
1594.
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