First published in Italian in 2019 by Marsilio Editori under the title Michelangelo in Parnaso. La ricezione delle Rime tra gli scrittori. Copyright ©2019 by Marsilio Editori® s.p.a. in Venezia.
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Cover illustration: S. Coccapani, Michelangelo Crowned by the Arts [or by the Muses], 1615–1617, Florence, Casa Buonarroti.
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