Stefano Guazzo (; 1530–1593) was an

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writer from Casale Monferrato.

Biography

Guazzo studied law, and thereafter worked for Lodovico Gonzaga and other members of the family, for which he was active as a diplomat in

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and the

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. In 1561, he and other colleagues founded the l'''Accademia degli Illustrati'' in Casale Monferrato. He died at Pavia, where he had moved to supervise the studies of his son.

Works

Writings by Guazzo include: *'' The civil conversation'' (Bozzola, Brescia, 1574), treatise in four books, in which, in the form of a dialogue between two parties (Hannibal and Knight), he addresses issues such as education and family and social life
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*'' Dialoghi piacevoli (Bertano, Milan, 1586)
online
*'' Letters'' (Domenico Tarino, Turin, 1591)
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*'' Choice of rhymes'' (Comino Ventura, Bergamo, 1592) *'' The garland of Countess Maria Angela Beccaria'' (posthumous, Bartoli, Genoa, 1595), a collection of madrigals by other authors dedicated to a noblewoman
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schools during the 1960s, from a quotation appearing in ''The Civil Conversation'': "I want to fil your mouth with an empty spoone: That is, to seeme to teach, not to teach."https://www.librarything.com/work/172111 and, separately, review of the cited volume

References

* Gabriella Milani, ''Guazzo, Stefano'', in ''Letteratura italiana Einaudi'', Alberto Asor Rosa, ed., volume 19, ''Dizionario degli autori D-M'', La Biblioteca di Repubblica-L'Espresso, 2008.

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