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'''Torquato Accetto''' (1590/98 to 1640) was an [[Italy|Italian]] writer in the first half of the 17th century born in [[Naples]]<ref name="Gp2">[[#GP2|Garzanti p. 2]]</ref> He is particularly remembered for his book on conformity and hypocrisy, titled ''{{lang|it|[[Della dissimulazione onesta]]}}''.<ref name="Gp2"/>
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'''Torquato Accetto''' (1590/98 – 1640) was an Italian writer born in [[Trani]].<ref name="Gp2">[[#GP2|Garzanti p. 2]]</ref> He is particularly remembered for his book on conformity and hypocrisy, titled ''{{lang|it|Della dissimulazione onesta}}''.<ref name="Gp2"/>

== Biography ==
"Born in the Apulian town of [[Trani]] in the 1580s to parents of modest means, Torquato Accetto served for most of his life in nearby [[Andria]] as secretary to the powerful [[House of Carafa|Carafa clan]], owners of the town, except for brief periods in [[Naples]] and [[Rome]]. His collected poems received three editions before mid-century and procured for him the acquaintance of [[Angelo Grillo]], a follower of [[Giambattista Marino]], as well as that of [[Giovanni Battista Manso]], celebrated patron of the arts, founder and head of the most important cultural institution in the early seventeenth century outside the [[University of Naples Federico II|university]] - namely, the [[Accademia degli Oziosi]]. Though he never managed to make a full transition to a literary career, ''Honest Dissembling'', published in Naples in 1641 and his only known treatise, contributed to a debate that has subsequently been called “one of the most important keys” for understanding seventeenth-century culture. The art of dissembling or dissimulation had already been explored, in the field of [[Ethics|moral philosophy]], by [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] and [[Baldassare Castiglione]], who had analyzed, respectively, astuteness in princes and astuteness in courtiers.

"Accetto, drawing to some extent on Giovanni Bonifacio's ''Arte de' cenni'' (1616), set out to describe astuteness in any walk of life, and he produced the following full treatment of the theme several years before Spanish moralist [[Baltasar Gracián]]'s more famous ''Art of Worldly Wisdom''. In doing so, he contributed to yet another debate in the field of aesthetics concerning the limits of fictitious representation possible within the ideal of verisimilitude, exemplified in the poetry of Giambattista Marino. Writing far from the epicenter of the worst political and social discontent, he nonetheless reflected, in his nervous, probing pages, the dangerous climate of what was to be one of the most memorable decades in the history of the [[Kingdom of Naples]], culminating in the [[Masaniello]] revolt of 1647, and registered his experiences of life, art and politics joined to a single cultural ideal."<ref>''Italy in the Baroque: Selected Readings'' 1995 by Brendan Maurice Dooley [https://books.google.com/books?id=q2doAAAAMAAJ&q=cenni p. 368 google books]</ref>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Rime |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bQBeavW4UgcC |url-status= |location=Naples |publisher=nella stampa degli heredi di Tarquinio Longo |archive-url= |year=1621}}<ref name="Gp2"/>
* ''{{lang|it|Rime}}'' (1621) <ref name="Gp2"/>
* {{cite book |title=Rime del signor Torquato Accetto, divise in amorose, lugubri, morali, sacre, et varie|location=Naples |publisher=Giacomo Gaffaro |year=1638 }} (revised and expanded edition)
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* ''{{lang|it|Della dissimulazione onesta}}'' (1641) <ref name="Gp2"/>
* {{cite book |title= Della dissimulazione onesta |year= 1641| location=Naples |publisher=nella stamp. di Egidio Longo}}<ref name="Gp2"/>


== Citations ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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* {{cite journal |last=Diffley|first=P.|year=2002|title=Accetto, Torquato|journal=The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|access-date=7 June 2023|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198183327.001.0001/acref-9780198183327-e-16}}
*<cite id="GP2">{{cite book |title=Enciclopedia Garzanti della letteratura |last=Garzanti |first=Aldo |authorlink=Aldo Garzanti |year=1974 |origyear=1972 |publisher=[[Garzanti]] |location=Milan |pages=2 |language=Italian}}</cite>
*{{cite book |title=Enciclopedia Garzanti della letteratura |last=Garzanti |first=Aldo |author-link=Aldo Garzanti |year=1974 |orig-year=1972 |publisher=Garzanti |location=Milan |pages=2 |language=Italian|ref=GP2}}
* {{cite journal |first=Jörn|last=Steigerwald|title=Die (Selbst-)Problematisierung des Hofmanns bei Baldassarre Castiglione und Torquato Accetto|journal=Moralistik. Explorationen und Perspektive|location=Münich|publisher=Fink 2010|pages=119–150}}
* {{cite book |first=Damiano|last=D'Ascenzi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u80cDgAAQBAJ|title=Ricerche sulle prose di Torquato Accetto e altri studi|location=Rome|publisher=Nuova Cultura Edizioni|year=2016|isbn=9788868127619 }}
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*{{Wikisourcelang-inline|it|Della dissimulazione onesta|full Italian text of Della dissimulazione onesta}}
*{{DBI |title= ACCETTO, Torquato |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/torquato-accetto_(Dizionario-Biografico)|last= De Frede|first= Carlo|volume= 1}}

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Torquato Accetto
Bornc. 1580
Trani, Kingdom of Naples (now Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy)
Died1640
Occupationwriter
LanguageItalian
NationalityItalian
PeriodLate Middle Ages
Literary movementBaroque
Notable worksDella dissimulazione onesta (1641)

Torquato Accetto (1590/98 – 1640) was an Italian writer born in Trani.[1] He is particularly remembered for his book on conformity and hypocrisy, titled Della dissimulazione onesta.[1]

Biography

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"Born in the Apulian town of Trani in the 1580s to parents of modest means, Torquato Accetto served for most of his life in nearby Andria as secretary to the powerful Carafa clan, owners of the town, except for brief periods in Naples and Rome. His collected poems received three editions before mid-century and procured for him the acquaintance of Angelo Grillo, a follower of Giambattista Marino, as well as that of Giovanni Battista Manso, celebrated patron of the arts, founder and head of the most important cultural institution in the early seventeenth century outside the university - namely, the Accademia degli Oziosi. Though he never managed to make a full transition to a literary career, Honest Dissembling, published in Naples in 1641 and his only known treatise, contributed to a debate that has subsequently been called “one of the most important keys” for understanding seventeenth-century culture. The art of dissembling or dissimulation had already been explored, in the field of moral philosophy, by Niccolò Machiavelli and Baldassare Castiglione, who had analyzed, respectively, astuteness in princes and astuteness in courtiers.

"Accetto, drawing to some extent on Giovanni Bonifacio's Arte de' cenni (1616), set out to describe astuteness in any walk of life, and he produced the following full treatment of the theme several years before Spanish moralist Baltasar Gracián's more famous Art of Worldly Wisdom. In doing so, he contributed to yet another debate in the field of aesthetics concerning the limits of fictitious representation possible within the ideal of verisimilitude, exemplified in the poetry of Giambattista Marino. Writing far from the epicenter of the worst political and social discontent, he nonetheless reflected, in his nervous, probing pages, the dangerous climate of what was to be one of the most memorable decades in the history of the Kingdom of Naples, culminating in the Masaniello revolt of 1647, and registered his experiences of life, art and politics joined to a single cultural ideal."[2]

Bibliography

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  • Rime. Naples: nella stampa degli heredi di Tarquinio Longo. 1621.[1]
  • Rime del signor Torquato Accetto, divise in amorose, lugubri, morali, sacre, et varie. Naples: Giacomo Gaffaro. 1638. (revised and expanded edition)
  • Della dissimulazione onesta. Naples: nella stamp. di Egidio Longo. 1641.[1]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d Garzanti p. 2
  2. ^ Italy in the Baroque: Selected Readings 1995 by Brendan Maurice Dooley p. 368 google books

References

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