The novelist and the archivist : fiction and history in Alessandro Manzoni's The Betrothed /
Povolo, Claudio,author.
Mazur, Peter,translator.
Translated from the Italian.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: Manzoni and the making of Italy -- (by John Martin) -- From history to fiction -- The journey of a document -- A conflict of wills -- Concerning a capitulary -- From invention to history -- Afterword: Beyond any reasonable doubt?
Manzoni, Alessandro, 1785-1873.
Literature and society
Literature and history